Chapter 8! Review!
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Kiryu and the others had brought the girl to the doctor in Oak town. She had finished up and left the room to talk to the young wizards.
"How is she?" Asks Mira worried.
"She will be fine. From what I've seen, she's suffering from dehydration, hunger, and she has a few bruises. Once she gets some food and water, she should feel better."
After feeding her, they left the doctors house and went to the closest Inn. It was hard to get the girl to follow them so Mira walked with her. Along the way, Mira talked to her.
"So, what's your name?"
The girl just walked slower until she stopped completely. She picks up a stick and begins to draw letters in the dirt. Mira was puzzled by this. When she was done, the letters M, A, and Y were written.
"So your name is May?"
May nods.
"Do you know how to talk?" Asks Kiryu.
She shakes her head.
Kiryu looks at Mira. They were thinking the same thing.
This girl must be one of those missing children Gramps was talking about.
They get to the Inn, and they buy two rooms. One for Mira and May, and the other for Kiryu, Elfman, and Volk.
Elfman was about to go to the room but is stopped short by Mira. "Get along in there." She says in a serious but quiet tone.
"Yes sis." Elfman says.
Mira turns to May. "Okay! Let's get you cleaned up." She says happily.
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It was afternoon, maybe around 230, and Kiryu sat on the bed in the room with Elfman sitting in a chair on the opposite side, and Volk laying on the bed next to Kiryu. The silence was awkward for both men.
Good grief, you can cut the tension with a knife.
Kiryu looks towards the door.
The moment I get the chance, I need to see if I can get any information out of that girl. It'll speed up the process of the mission.
He looks back at the floor. He felt Elfman staring holes into him. The silence remained. Elfman stands up.
"Just because Mira, Natsu and his team trust you, it doesn't mean I trust you."
Kiryu stays quiet, looking at the patterns of the wood of the floor. All of a sudden, Elfman grabs him by the collar of his jacket and lifts him to eye level. Volk began to growl, going onto the defensive for his master.
"You hurt anyone, and I mean ANYONE, I'll kill you myself."
Kiryu, who was still looking down, finally looked up at him.
"Do what you want. It would be me ending my own life."
Elfman flinches and let's go of him. He goes back to his bed. Volk stops growling and sat back next to Kiryu. Mira soon walks through the door.
"She went to sleep." Mira says.
Kiryu stands up and looks at her.
"I think as soon as she wakes up, I should question her. If she is one of those missing children, than it would be smart to get the information while it's still fresh in her mind."
Elfman interrupts.
"But how are we going to do that if she can't speak?"
Kiryu thinks for a moment then snaps his fingers. He picks up a pen that was on the counter in the room.
"She writes it down and the rest is just shirades."
Mira smiles. "Good idea."
She turns to head back to her room.
"I think once she wakes up, we should go get some food. Sound good?"
"Sounds good." Says Elfman.
She leaves the room, leaving the young men behind.
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Mira walks into the room to find May screaming. She quickly goes to the girl, who was now crying and trying to get away.
"Shhhhhhh, shhhhhh, it's okay." She says calmly. May stops struggling, but continues to cry.
"It's okay, you don't have to be scared anymore."
(Begin Shizukana yoru ni)
Mira begins to hum a quiet song. The sound began to flow through the room. The door was wide open, and in it stood Kiryu and Elfman. Kiryu stood amazed.
Wow.
The melody continued on, it felt like an angel was singing to a broken child and healing its' heartache. The two stayed there, watching Mira work her magic. Soon May fell asleep, but Mira continued. After a while, the song ended. Mira put the small child into bed.
She is hurting. She must have been through a lot. Maybe she is one of those missing children.
She turns to see that Kiryu and Elfman fell asleep while sitting with their backs to the wall. She smiles.
This reminds me of when we were kids. We had Kiryu staying with us. Elfman, Lisanna and him would fall asleep like that.
After a moment, she imagined Lisanna sitting next to Kiryu. She watches for a minute then puts a blanket on them. Kiryu begins to stir, almost like he was having a nightmare.
"I'm sorry. It's my fault." He mumbles in his sleep.
Mira leans in close to his ear.
"It's okay. It wasn't your fault."
A single tear falls from Kiryus' blue eye. Mira smiles, pats his head, and walks back to the bed May was laying in. She pulls the covers over her and then lays next to her.
We all need a little healing.
She falls asleep.
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724. Mira wakes up, May nuzzling her cheek against her chest. Without waking her up, she gets out of the bed, steps of the two boys who were now in a heap on the floor, and goes into the restroom. After a few minutes, she changed from her normal red dress into jeans, a blue shirt, shoes, and a red cap. She walks out to find that Kiryu and Elfman woke up. Kiryu yawns and runs his eyes.
"Hey. How long were we out?" He asks.
She looks up at the clock.
"A little more than four hours."
"Jeez."
Elfman gets up and crosses his arms.
"So, what next?" He asks.
Mira turns to the buff man.
"We go with Kiryus' plan. But first we should check around town."
"But we can't just walk around with May. If the person or persons are still here, we want to make sure she doesn't get kidnapped again." Kiryu says.
"Exactly. Which means……." Mira walks over to Kiryu and puts her hands on his shoulders.
"You are staying with her."
Kiryu is drawn back by this. He has never taken care of a kid before, especially one with a problem like Mays.
"Why me?! You should be the one to take care of her!" He says trying to get out of the responsibility.
Mira shakes her head. "Listen, if there are people coming after her like you said, then we need someone to stay with her and you are the strongest of us."
"But I-"
"No buts." Mira says, going into her scary side.
Kiryu shivers in fear. "Okay okay okay!"
Mira goes from being scary to her usual smile. "Great! We're off!"
With that the two siblings left, leaving Kiryu alone to keep an eye on May. He takes a seat in a chair in the corner of the room, keeping his guard up in case someone saw them on their way there a few hours ago. Soon, May woke up. She looks around worryingly.
"Mira left with Elfman." Kiryu says calmly.
May backs up on the bed.
Jeez. What am I supposed to do? I have no experience with babysitting.
Mays' stomach growls loudly. Kiryu raises an eyebrow.
"Are you hungry?"
May nods.
"You want to get something to eat?"
She shakes her head no.
Kiryu picks up his cloak that was on the counter of the room. He heads over to May, who flinches. He puts the cloak over her and pulls the hood up. She opens her eyes as he turns towards the door.
"Let's go get you something."
She looks at him confused.
"You're hungry right?"
She nods her head again.
"Then let's go."
She gets out of bed, and they walk out the door. Kiryu opens the door to the room next door and looks at Volk.
"Stay."
Volk let's out an affirmative bark.
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The two had walked about three blocks without saying anything. Kiryu was still in his own world.
I need to ask where she came from. If I can get that much, then this mission will be over.
He was about to ask May until she stopped in front of a small shop. Looking through the window, he saw that she was eyeing a small necklace with a silver star.
Holy crap! 30,000 jewel?!?!?
Kiryu was about to go on, but May just stood there, stars in her eyes.
"You want it?"
She stepped back and shook her head nervously. Kiryu pointed at the corner of the store building.
"Wait over there. I'll be back in a second."
She nods and goes to where he was pointing. When she was behind the building, Kiryu walked into the store.
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A couple of minutes later, Kiryu walked out of the store with a small paper bag in his hand. Looking towards the corner where he told May to stay, no one was there.
What?
He looks around in every direction until he finds her. She was on the other side of the road, surrounded by three grown men.
Damn it! I'm an idiot! I shouldn't have left her by herself!
Kiryu takes a deep breath, pulls out one of his cigarettes, and lights it. After a long puff, he heads over to the commotion.
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One of the thugs threw May down to the ground. She lets out a small yelp.
"You know how much trouble it was looking for you?" The first thug says.
"Our boss isn't too happy about this." Says the second.
"Before we head back, we should teach her a lesson." Says the third.
May put her arms over her head and screams.
"HEY!"
The four of them look to see Kiryu standing behind them about 15 feet away.
"Put one hand on her, and I'll make sure you suffer a fate worse than death."
The three of them laughed at his threat.
"That's funny! There's three of us you don't stand a chance." Says the second thug.
The three of them rush towards him, trying to catch him off guard and get the first hits in. Kiryu stayed calm like he normally does and throws his cigarette into the air. The first thugs fist was going for his gut but is grabbed by Kiryu. Using his right leg, he pivots, lifting up the thug. He spins and the thug slams into the other two. Kiryu looks up at the sky, and the cigarette lands back in between his lips.
Whoa, that's the first time I've been able to do that.
He walks toward May.
"Are you okay."
She nods with tears in her eyes.
The thugs got back up and were standing behind them. "That's it! You have messed up messing with Black Serpent!"
Black Serpent? These guys are bad news. They are a dark guild that expertise in human trafficking.
The thugs charge at him again.
Idiots.
Kiryu plants his feet into the ground.
"Star Dragon Roar!"
The black, sparkling vortex slams into the three and sends them flying. Kiryu takes another puff of his cigarette, then turns to May.
"May, are you okay?" He asks.
At this point she was crying completely. She ran to Kiryu and wrapped her arms around his waist. As May cried, he had no idea what to do.
They knew who she was. Which means they probably kidnapped her and had plans to sell her.
He puts a hand on her head.
I think I should avoid asking what happened. Whatever those guys had done to her to make her break, it worked.
Kiryu looks down the road.
I need to find Mira and Elfman. Perhaps they will know what to do.
He puts his hand on her shoulders and pulls her off. Opening up the bag from earlier, he pulls out the star necklace from the store and puts it around her neck.
"Here. This will protect you."
May dries her tears and smiles at him, kind of like saying thank you.
Kiryu walks out onto the street.
"Let's go."
May nods, and they continue down the road.
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30 minutes later. Black Serpent base, Unknown location.
The three thugs had gone back to their hideout. They walk into an office, where a brute of a man sat at a desk.
"Sir! We found the runaway!" One of them said.
The big man turned. "Where is she?"
The thugs began to sweat. "Well you see, we found her, but she is currently with a wizard, one of the strongest we have ever seen! We were lucky enough to escape with our lives!"
The brute stood up.
"Not lucky enough."
The three looked at him confused. Without skipping a beat, the huge man lifted the desk and threw it at the thugs. The three of them were underneath it at this point, and the huge man jumped on top of it, crushing the thugs with a loud smoosh.
Two more men walked onto the room.
"Hanz, what's going on?"
The brute had shown no remorse.
"That runaway is with a wizard in town. We are going to find them." Hanz says.
"Understood."
The two go to leave.
"And one more thing."
"Yes sir?"
"Clean this up."
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Sorry if it took me forever. I'm still trying to figure out how this chapter goes. Review!
