What is she doing?
The blue-eyed boy walked over the sort of small crowd surrounding a light post at the park, and he was not surprised but rather impressed of what he was seeing.
Motti was in mid-air, spinning as if she was dancing.
The crowd was a non-stopping source of clapping and cheering, Yuki shrugged and started clapping too. As soon as he started doing that, he saw how she had noticed that he was there.
As soon as his friend looked at him, Yuki just waved his hand slightly while letting out a small giggle.
Maybe he didn't noticed because he blinked, or it just happened way too quick, but in less than a second; Motti used her leg to grab the trapeze and balanced herself in his direction.
And because of him waving his hand, it was easier for her to take it.
Oh well...It's not like his day was going to be normal anyways.
Now Yuki was also in the air trying to not scream. He instead decided to also take Motti's left hand just to make sure he wouldn't end up falling. Even though he knew for a fact that he wouldn't fall if she was grabbing him.
As if it was planned by the two of them, the girl amazed all the people in the ground by doing a small movement that made Yuki sit in the trapeze as she stood up with each of her feet on both sides of the trapeze. They looked at each other, they were both smiling.
"Hi."-Yuki suddenly said as he grabbed both strings that supported the trapeze.
"Meow, what are you doing here?"-Motti asked as she started to move the front and back to make it look like a swing.-"I thought you were not allowed to go out."-
"Well, I'm not."-The boy answered.-"But the other warriors thought it would do me some good to come to the city after... you know, all the drama I caused last night."-
"And... How are you feeling?"-The green-eyed girl asked, for a second it looked like she was afraid of the answer.
Yuki just smiled again.
"I'm...actually feeling pretty good."-He answered with a giggle.-"Who knew talking to somebody can make you feel so unreasonably happy after years of bottling up your problems, huh?"-The blue-eyed boy just giggled again.-"I guess...I should thank you for listening to me last night."-
Motti just giggled after he answered.
"So...this is where you work?"-Yuki asked with a small smirk.
"Not really, I work at a café that's a little bit far from here."-She answered.-"This is more like a hobby."-
"Uh...Your workplace wouldn't happen to be a where basically everything is decorated with flowers?"-He asked as he got a little bit nervous.
"Yeah, why?"-Motti asked in confusion.
"I kinda...got banned from there."-Yuki answered while laughing nervously.
"Meow? What did you do?"-She grew curious by that statement.
"It wasn't my fault!"-He clarified.-"My friends started a food fight when we tried to get breakfast. I don't know how they haven't destroyed the city by now, they cause chaos everywhere they go!"-
Yuki was about to start ranting about his teammates, but he noticed the smile his friend was giving to him.
"What?"-He asked with a bit of confusion.
"Meow, nothing. Is just that your friends sound like a lot of fun."-She answered.
His friends...
Oh...right...
Since when did Yuki started to consider the other warriors as his friends?
Well...He did called King his friend when he talked to Madoka last night, and he reassure them to be his friends this morning.
Not to mention that he just called them his friends just now.
Maybe...they are his friends.
"Yeah...they sure are."-Yuki answered as he blushed a little.
"Where are they now?"-The girl with green eyes asked.
Yuki just shrugged and looked down.
"Probably destroying the comic book store or getting into a fight. I don't really know."-He answered.-"Hey...do you want to...uh, y-you know...hang out for a while?"-
She tilted her head in confusion.
"I-I mean! I enjoyed hanging out with the warriors, but the risk of them ending up destroying every place we visit is too big! So...I mean, it's okay if you are busy but"-The blue-eyed boy started laughing nervously as he tried to talk coherently.
"Meow, I would love to!"-Motti interrupted him.
"R-really?! Well, uh...wait, how do we get down?"-Yuki asked while looking to the ground once again.
The light brown-haired girl looked at him in a funny way, as if the answer was so obvious that she wouldn't have to answer.
So, she didn't.
Instead, she just poke his forehead and the surprise of this made his hands slip and let go of the strings. However, thanks to his fear of getting smashed into the ground, Yuki used his legs to hold the trapeze.
The warrior of mercury did his best to not appear scared, but his face was the pure description of fright.
Motti on the other hand, jumped and took his hands before using her own legs to swing the trapeze again. Since her face was just in front of his, she got to see how scared he was.
"Meow."-She smiled at him, probably thinking how funny he looked.-"Can you make a rope?"-
Yuki swallowed hard and nodded.
The boy just closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Come on...You can do this..."-
He could do it.
"You have done this before..."-
These are his powers and he knows he can control them.
"No more doubting...come on!"-
There!
Even though his right hand was being held, from it came a blue light that was barely seen by the people observing them from the ground. As soon as Yuki's hand started glowing, Motti decided to let go.
The people from the crowd got their breath taken away when they saw the girl letting go of the boy's hand only to hold herself with a really long blue rope.
As if it was nothing, she balanced a little bit only to end on the floor with delicacy. Then, she pulled the rope.
Yuki fell, this time couldn't avoid to scream in fear but it lasted shortly thanks of to his friend catching him in her arms before even touching the ground. After being caught, the boy noticed how everyone was looking at him, now he was completely petrified by fear.
The sound of clapping was what practically told him to breath again.
The soldier of mercury jumped of his friend's arms and stood up right next to her, clueless about what anyone should do in a situation like this, he just bowed in signal of respect.
Motti did the same. However, after noticing how scared and nervous he still looked, she took his hand and giggled.
Yuki giggled too.
After a while, all the clapping and cheering ended, everyone from the crowd pretty much abandoned the place.
"You know...your 'hobby' was really fun."-Yuki suddenly said with a small laugh.
"Meow, well you..."-Motti handed something to her friend, and he took it without really looking at it.-"Make a pretty good assistant."-
"Maybe is a talent of mine letting you to take me to high places without me even noticing."-The dark brown-haired answered with a laugh, and then looked into his hand.
She had just given him a flower.
He slightly blushed until he noticed something.
Wait a minute...That was a...
Yuki suddenly yelped and threw it to the floor before repeatedly stepping on it and rub hands on his clothes in what seemed to be an attack of pure panic.
Motti just stood there while looking him in disbelief.
"Meow..."-She mumbled.-"You...you could have just said no."-
The boy with powers stopped his murdering of the poor flower before looking up to the girl beside him.
"Oh! S-sorry!"-He started to babble.-"I-I didn't meant to do that!"-
"You sure?"-
"Y-yeah! I'm just really really allergic to daisies."-Yuki answered with a very nervous laugh.
Oh...
"So..."-The guy tried to quickly turn the page from what just happened.-"D-do you want to go to the museum with me?"-
Before being kicked out of the café, Yuki overheard a two people talking about visiting a museum, and he couldn't deny to get very excited. In fact, he was going to ask the warriors to go with him once the incident with the Eiffel tower ended, but after what they did in the zoo; it was better to keep them as far away from the museum as possible.
Yuki just want to enjoy a small visit without the fear of this place collapsing right in front his eyes.
"So...have you ever been in a museum before?"-The blue-eyed boy asked his friend as they both passed through the door.
"I-I..."-Motti started to laugh nervously-"...I have stole items from museums once or twice in the past...a-actually a lot."-
"Oh..."-Yuki wasn't sure of what to say to that. In fact, he felt kinda dumb for asking that.
"And...have you?"-The girl asked hoping for the conversation to change.
Even if inside of her mind, she was calling herself dumb for asking something as obvious as that.
"Just a couple of times."-He answered.-"I have only been able to go on school field trips."-
"School field trips?"-She asked at the same time she tilted her head.
"Yeah, sometimes teachers will take their students to places to help with some lessons."-Yuki explained.-"To be honest, they are a lot of fun."-
"But I thought you said school was torture."-Motti said remembering their previous conversation.
Yuki remembered what she meant, last night it took hours for Motti to fix the bracelet; so they talked a lot. Apparently she was curious about what having a 'normal' life is like, it was okay, he didn't minded to talk about it. However, when it was time to talk about his school life...he just couldn't stop.
His explanation about school was basically a rant about how he has practically been through hell for years without even dying.
"Yeah... I kinda exaggerated."-Yuki laughed and blushed a little bit.-"School may be horrible most days but it does has its moments."-
"Like what?"-The girl grew curious at learning anything positive from the place that was described as something worse than prison by her friend.
Yuki took his hand to his chin and started to think.
"Well...for the most part, the classes are okay and may I even dare to say some of them are amazing. Even if there are some disinterested teachers here and there, that's good too; sure, that means we have to learn on our own, at least we get some free time while the teacher do whatever they want."-The dark brown-haired boy explained.-"There is also the library, I swear I just could stay there all day instead of going to class. Also, when I am not being held against my will to see if I still fit inside my locker, having a small walk around the school is pretty nice. Gym class, I could do without, but the days I'm allowed to sit around without the instructor caring at all are usually my favorites."-
"What's Gym class?"-Motti asked with interest.
"It's basically a class where students need to be doing exercise, for the most part they are asked to do sports. To be honest, that's the only class I almost failed in various occasions. I mean, look at these arms, sometimes I doubt if I really have any muscle."-Yuki laughed at himself.
"Meow, you can say that again."-Motti poked the boy's arm and laughed too.-"When we met, I noticed that you are the lightest person I've ever lifted. I was so sure that maybe you were a little kid."-
Yuki rolled his eyes.
"Very funny."-He said with a lot of sarcasm in his voice.-"You know, I'm sure you would shine at gym class."-
The girl looked surprised for a second, but then she smiled.
"I would like to try it."-Motti suddenly said.
"Huh?"-
"School."-She clarified.-"I got scared when you told me the bad things about it, the way you described...it sounded worse than working with Johannes'... friends."-
Yuki noticed how for a second she shivered at the last word.
"I-I'm sorry for that."-He apologized.-"I didn't meant to scare you, is just...after getting harassed every single day, school just gets frustrating."-
"It's not fair for you getting treated like that."-She said, trying to repress her anger.-"For what you told me, you never did anything to that guy."-
"I don't even know his name!"-Yuki yelled with exasperation.-"In fact...I don't know anyone there! A-and yet! Guys will come out of nowhere trying to push me, and kick me, and taking away my glasses, a-and shove my books on my face! I don't even get why they hate me so much, is it because of the way that I look? Or is it because they all have a fist for a brain? Who knows?!"-
Realizing that he was yelling, he tried to calm down.
"I'm so done with those idiots..."-He mumbled.
Yuki was about to say something else but he felt something patting his foot. He looked down and found a little black cat with deep blue eyes.
The cat also had a small scar in his right eye.
What was a cat doing inside a museum?
Motti didn't seemed to care.
"Meow! You are adorable!"-The green-eyed girl kneeled in front of the cat.
The small creature seemed to be telling her something, and what was weirder; it looked like she was able to understand it.
"Wait...you can understand what it's saying?"-Yuki asked and she nodded.
"What he is saying."-She corrected as she took the cat in her arms.
"Fascinating."-Yuki said inside his mind.-"And...what is he saying?"-
"He says his name is Anubis."-Motti answered.
"That's a very odd name."-Yuki interrupted.
A cat named after the Greek name of the Egyptian god of the afterlife? The one who is depicted to look like a dog?
"He said; he wanted to meet you."-Motti sounded a little bit surprised.
"Me?"-Yuki asked with confusion.-"Why would a cat want to meet me?"-
Anubis appeared to answer the question and Motti appeared to be more confused.
"What did he said?"-The boy with glasses asked.
"Meow...he said there a statue of you here in the museum."-The girl answered.
What?
"Uh...are you sure you translated that correctly?"-Yuki asked and Motti nodded.
The cat jumped out of the girl's arms and started running, after a second, he stopped and looked at them.
"He wants us to follow him."-The light-brown haired girl said before running in the direction Anubis went.
Yuki decided to follow them.
"Hey! Wait up!"-
Well, now they are following a cat that apparently will take them to see a statue of him.
.
.
.
Sure, why not?
They ran through lots of exhibitions while chasing the cat, now they were both at the enormous exhibition of Greek mythology.
Okay, despite getting superpowers, being part of a prophecy, going to another continent in other to train, meeting other guys with powers, opening his heart and becoming friends with the girl who was in a mission to kidnap him, this had to be the weirdest thing he has done.
Following a cat that claims this museum has a statue that looks like you, all because your friend can understand cats.
What has his life become?
Just a few weeks ago, Yuki's biggest concern were trivial stuff like school, or not wanting to do his laundry, or getting mad because his favorite character of the latest book he read was killed.
Now every passing minute is just so...surreal.
What is he even d- wait a minute.
Is that?...
"What is this?"-Yuki stopped running and walked over an exhibition.
There were a lot of tapestries, and vases in the exhibition but what called his attention were seven statues.
They were not gigantic like most statues here at the museum, they were normal-size. Two of them looked alike, they were two men opposite sides of the room, they were looking at each other with hate.
And the other five statues were behind the one in the right.
There appeared to be someone explaining these statues to a group of kids.
"This is King Zeus, and his army consisting of only five young soldiers. But don't let them fool you, these warriors were able to beat King Hades' whole battalion and eventually returning the kingdom to it's rightful heir. Some even say their power was beyond belie- Hey! Kids get down of there!"-
Yuki walked only to be in front of the statue that looked exactly like him. There were papers in front of every statue, so he decided to take a look.
Ermis, The Broken One.
"What does it say?"-A voice startled him.
Yuki turned to his side and noticed Motti carrying the cat that guided them there.
He was so distracted that didn't even noticed them.
"Uh...y-yeah."-Then he started to read.-"It says, A scared child laid under that cold façade of strength, for everything he once loved was destroyed by fate. Tears ran through a face stained by blood, the spark of a rebellion was lighted and it could not be extinguished by a flood."-
Wow...that's heavy.
Yuki suddenly remembered what Dynamis told him about his ancestor.
"Why do you think he looks so much like you?"-The girl asked with curiosity.
Wait, she doesn't know?
"Uh...he is the warrior of Mercury."-Yuki answered with a bit of doubt.-"H-he is my ancestor."-
"There were warriors before?"-Motti asked.
"Yeah, actually; if it wasn't for them, me and the other warriors wouldn't have to be doing this right now"-He explained.
In fact, maybe they wouldn't even be born to begin with.
Maybe none of this would exist.
Yuki took a good look of his ancestor. They looked so similar. In fact they could be the same person, and for someone who is a twin, saying that is really weird.
"You two almost look the same."-Motti commented.-"Except..."-She took a closer look of the statue.
"Except for what?"-Yuki was curious of the physical differences between him and his ancestor.
"Meow, he looks so...angry."-The girl pointed.-"Look at his face, it looks like he wants to slice my throat from here."-
Yuki also analyzed the statue's face.
"He also looks very sad."-The green-eyed girl said.-"You can say he has been through a lot."-
"He has."-Yuki thought.-"I mean, there is a reason why he is 'The Broken One' out of all the warriors."-
"You know, aside from the hair...I don't think he looks that much like you."-Motti commented.
"Really?"-Yuki asked.
"Yeah, you have bigger eyes, and a more softer face."-She explained.-"Also, you can see that despite being so small; he looks really strong. He may be as thin as you, but he clearly has muscle."-
"Gee, thanks."-Yuki interrupted as he rolled his eyes.
"And he just looks kinda scary, specially compared with someone as nice looking as you."-Motti concluded with a smile.
Yuki couldn't avoid to blush after that last sentence.
"And, do the other statues look like your friends?"-The girl asked, apparently, she didn't noticed how red he was.
The blue-eyed boy snapped out of his thoughts and turned to see the other statues.
They indeed looked a lot like the other warriors.
"Yes, that one over there looks older than Tithi but they do look very similar."-He answered.-"It says his name is...Ehecatl...that's not a Greek name."-
Dynamis told him that Tithi was from Mesoamerica, maybe his ancestor was too.
He decided to read the inscription.
"Ehecatl, The Evening Star."-Yuki read.-"A lost boy was brought by the waves, fought for his freedom and protected his name. Never shed a tear, never once cried, an entire life was hidden under a bright smile."-
"So, he was not from the kingdom?"-The girl asked.
"Apparently not."-The boy answered, and moved to the next statue.-"This one right here is truly identical to Mr. Aguma."-
"He is really big."-Motti commented.
"His ancestor's name is Janus, The Relentless."-Yuki read.-"The strength of ten soldiers he possessed in one hand, but it was his knowledge and heart what made him king Zeus' second in command."-
That made him a little bit surprised.
Then again, despite never talking, it seems like there is a lot more to Aguma that what is shown.
Maybe he will be a great leader in the battle.
Yuki looked at the other statue.
"Wait...is this Mr. King's ancestor?"-Yuki noticed that despite having the same face, the warrior of Mars' hair is way too spiky.
May even defy Mr. Gingka's hair.
"Marcus, The soldier."-He read, noticing that most of the warrior's name have a lot to do with the planets they represent.-"Born into royalty and kept it a secret, the heir wanted to take orders, not to give them. So he ran away with a sword on his back, the lives of those he loved made him ready to attack."-
No way.
King's ancestor was a prince from another kingdom?
That means...King is royalty.
Maybe his name isn't ridiculous at all.
And as for Dynamis...he was the spitting image of his ancestor.
"Jove, The Voice of Silence."-Yuki read the name.-"The obedient servant who always stayed by his master's side, couldn't make a sound but king Zeus saw what was inside. Once the battle was over, he was chosen to protect everyone's legacy. And then one day, every descendant would find their destiny."-
Yeah...that's exactly what Dynamis is doing.
He is not allowed to be more than what his ancestor was.
They decided to check a few more exhibitions before leaving. Motti had to work in a couple of hours and they didn't had more time to see it all.
She would have a night shift and couldn't go visit him tonight.
It was okay, he perfectly understood. Besides, he really enjoyed going to the museum with her.
However, after what happen with the statues, Yuki just felt the necessity of getting out of the museum. Is not like he got upset or anything but he...felt something.
With every single inscription he read, is like he got to see every warrior deep into their eyes and experience first hand what was their lives. I was weird.
Specially with his own ancestor.
"Are you okay?"-Motti asked noticing how he passed his hand through his hair.
"Y-yeah...I think I'm just tired."-Yuki answered.-"Uh...Why do you still have him?"-
He referred to the cat she was still holding in her arms.
"Anubis doesn't have where to go."-She answered.
"And you are going to adopt him?"-He asked.
"More like letting him stay with me, if he wants to leave then there is nothing I can do about it."-
The moment they went through the museum's door, they noticed a really big storm washing the streets of Paris. That was weird, it was sunny the whole day.
It was more of an instinct, but after noticing the rain; Yuki used his powers to make an umbrella.
"Here."-The dark brown-haired boy gave the umbrella to his friend.-"I don't know how much it will last, but I hope you can get to work."-
"Meow, Thanks."-Motti smiled and took the umbrella.-"And what will you do?"-
"I'll go look for my friends."-Yuki slightly signaled the streets.
Right after he finished his sentence, they both noticed an explosion coming out of the park.
"And...I found them."-Yuki mumbled with annoyance. For some reason, it made Motti giggle.
Quickly after that, Motti said goodbye and Yuki decided to follow the smoke to find the other warriors.
And he found them, Both Gingka and King were knocked on the floor while Tithi was poking Gingka's face to wake him up.
"Uh...guys, what happened?"-The warrior of Mercury asked, knowing the answer must be that they got into a fight.
"Gingkie and King started to fight."-Tithi told him.
"Where were you?"-Aguma suddenly asked.
"Just...went for a walk."-He confessed.
"We were looking for you."-The warrior of Saturn took both unconscious boys and carried them over his shoulder.-"They started blaming each other for your disappearing."-
"S-sorry."-Yuki never thought of that.
Aguma started walking.
"Let's go."-
Both Tithi and Yuki started following their friend.
"Tatekyo is very angry right now."-Tithi suddenly said.
"Uh? Wait, is this rain being caused by Mr. Kyoya?"-He asked and Tithi nodded.
"When he gets really angry he causes things like this."-The little boy said.
"He must be angry because Dynamis doesn't want to fight with him again."-Aguma interrupted.
Both Yuki and Tithi laughed at that statement.
