Mousukoshi… Mousukoshi… ((A little bit more… A little bit more)) Hey, I hope you enjoy reading this. Thanks Kaeru- sama for your reviews which I greatly appreciated. I will keep on updating because a story without an end would be horrible.

Brief chapter

Yuya's POV

Falling In Love with my Right hand

Part 3: Nozomu, a mad brother or sort of.

The wheel spun around in a circle, chasing each point endlessly; yet, the spinning wheel kept the cart moving further on. Exhausted and stressed, I dropped my bottom on the solid rock.

"Move your lazy fat ass, woman! Night will approach soon!!" growled Kyo as he wiped his sopping head with my kimono sleeves.

My vein popped. I glared fiercely at the carefree little monster; trying to fight back the god-knows-how-strong the urge to slay him off in one blast.

"Hurry, up! Your little brother is wearing out here!" he said sarcastically. I found it gross to listen to his gibberish talk. Since yesterday, he was addressing himself as little brother and I was completely annoyed by that.

"You are a disgusting person! You'll never be my brother and that is that!" I exclaimed.

"The way you said let me protect you was pretty sickening too," he slurred to remind me the conversation that we had.

Crap! Why did he have such a good memory? Was there glue in his brain to paste permanently every event that happened? He did forget something sometimes, did he? I sighed for the twentieth time as we passed a brothel.

"Sweet fresh woman here! 10 discount to the hundredth customer of the week!" A short man announced out loud in front of the brothel. A few chap lined up, waiting for their turn to be labelled as his 'customer'.

"Yuya Shiina!" a voice called.

Brother! What the hell was he doing here?

I walked as fast as I could to escape from my brother. I didn't want to return home and I didn't want to render Kyo to anyone. I didn't want to put him in danger. However, my brother managed to catch up with me.

He grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back. I lost balance and my ass kissed the hard soil. Still, I managed to hide Kyo behind my back.

"DON'T COME NEAR ME!" I spat at my own brother. He glared crossly and a slap stroked my face uninvited. Tears were forming in my ogle, slowly rolling down my cheeks.

"Leaving without a goodbye", he paused, "That take guts, kid".

He conferred a grimy smirk which gave me a goose bump. I was back on my feet when I took the hand that offered with my left hand. He curled his fingers around his chin like a macho guy and said, "I was just happening to come here to have fun. It was coincidence that I meet you here".

Fun? What was he talking about? I stared at him dumbfounded by his unusual talk.

"Somehow, you smell of a man", Nozomu articulated deeply.

"Eh? Really? Are you sure that is not your imagination?" I argued like an innocent dense girl. I tried hard to control my expression.

But Nozomu was TOO bright to be fooled.

"Well, look what we have here, a long sword that is finely forged. Ah, I get it now! You have finally escaped your lonely life of having just money to love. As your brother, I'm so proud of you!" he congratulated me with shining gaze as dazzling as the sun.

He unsheathed the sword and studied the sharpness of the blade by cutting the bush in a smooth slash. The leaves scattered on the ground; some were blown away by the wind. I was certain that he didn't aware of me not using my right hand….

"By the way, I noticed it earlier but Yuya, what are you hiding behind your back?"

My god, I was busted! I backed away from him and smiled stupidly. "Eh, um- nothing! I've got a sore back. Yes, a sore back. Ouch!" I acted immediately and purposely snapped a twig to make the 'CRACK' sound.

Nozomu didn't believe me. He tried to steal an eye on the Kyo that I was hiding. I reflected him as he playfully moved right and left.

"Show me, oldie hag, show me," he scoffed.

"No way"

He pushed me hard with his hand.

"HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA, YOU'RE TOO NAIVE, KID! YOU'RE ABOUT 100 000 YEARS TOO YOUNG TO MESS WITH ME!" he cackled as he jumped over me. I was too slow to react and he managed to get a good grip on Kyo.

His face expression changed when he saw Kyo on my hand. "Wanna a one and one duel?" Kyo sent out a challenge.

Nii-sama's mouth gaped open, disbelieved of what he saw. He shrieked vociferously and a lot of people turned to look at us. I quickly snatched my hand from his grip.

"This has to be a secret. No one else can know about it", I hissed.

"That isn't a ghost, is it?" he asked frantically, pointing his delicate index finger to Kyo.

"No, I'm an animal", Kyo replied. I smiled to his joke. Sometimes, I thought he was quiet funny, in a certain situation, of course.

"Brother, I have to go now. There's something I need to do to change my condition now", I said. I helped him to be back on his feet again.

Brother didn't speak out. Instead, he hugged me as a goodbye greeting.

"Get the thing off your hand. I'm looking forward to have a swordsman fight with him".

The meeting was short but, at least, I could get together with my brother to see his state, to see the brother that I missed. My feet dragged me along with the cart and the trouble that I had to penetrate. In a distance, I watched him left for the other side of the realm.

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