Well, yeah... This is what I gathered up. Enjoy~
The man pulled her up, stuffing his Eyeteeth into his gun sockets. Even the man himself found it was odd how he was helping someone. It's like… Like his body just automatically did it by itself; and he had no way to stop that it from doing that. There's something… Something about her… I can't tell what it is, but there's something about her… He thought.
"Oh… I'm Rufus Wilde, by the way," He told her. "I'm a bounty hunter from the Under World."
"I… I'm Tsuyu," The sapphire-haired girl murmured shyly, picking up her robe and wearing it.
"Tsuyu..? As in dew?" Rufus asked, confused as she nodded. "What's your last name?"
"I-I don't know," Tsuyu answered softly. "I was an orphan ever since I was young… I had no parents and no friends… I had to steal and lie to live through the day…"
The brunette was surprised. And I thought I suffered the most, he thought. It looks like there are worse people than me…
"I didn't expect for us to have such similar backgrounds," Rufus stated casually. "Come with me. I'm going to the Under World to turn in this corpse for some loot. Then we can go find a place to sleep for tonight."
"O-okay…" She murmured, following him around.
He led her out of the alley and walked along the pavement. People down looked at Tsuyu with disgust due to the clothes she wore. However, Tsuyu wasn't paying attention to people's opinion and she looked distant. Rufus soon found himself trailing after the sapphire-haired female, taking in her features. She had a thin body, and she was frail. Her long hair stood out and trailed all the way to her back. Her dirty black robe that was outlined in red was too big for her and shoes… She had no shoes. Just as the bounty hunter had realized that, he heard Tsuyu cry out.
"What's the matter?" He inquired, immediately rushing up by her side. "Oh… Your sole is bleeding… Why aren't you wearing shoes..?"
"Oh… I didn't have the money to buy it…" She answered innocently. "Remember what I told about having to steal and lie to live for the day? Well…"
The brunette demon sighed, noting that her innocence will get her into trouble one day. So he tore a piece of his cloth and wrapped it around her bleeding foot. Just to be safe, he picked her up bridal-style, despite her wails.
"W-what are you d-doing..? L-let me down..!" Tsuyu protested quietly.
"You're going to hurt yourself at this rate…" Rufus told her, struggling to carry two bodies.
"I-it's alright… I'll be f-fine. Y-you have a c-corpse to carry… R-right?" She stuttered.
The crimson-eyed demon let out a long sigh before letting the girl down. She smiled gratefully; a smile that was so innocent… So pure… Rufus couldn't help but gawk at her. Her smile was so heavenly… 'A smile that only a goddess could hold' He thought, and then quickly shook that thought out of his head. ' A goddess? Rufus, you are a demon. You shouldn't have such vulgar thoughts…' He scolded himself.
"I can teleport us to the Under World," Tsuyu offered softly, turning around to see her comrade.
"Y-you can teleport..?" Rufus asked, surprised.
"Yes, I can. That's how I was never caught," She answered, holding out an ice-blue gem. "Come closer. Touch this gem…"
Although Rufus was skeptical, he did as she had told him to do. He touched the gem; and it immediately became a shade of dark navy blue, almost black, but not that specific color. Tsuyu held a sympathetic expression on her face.
"You bear a lot of sins," the sapphire-haired stated simply. "But this gem has taken your sins and that has made you lighter. You are now able to teleport with me. Here, Rufus. Take this gem. You will need it…"
He shoved it into his pocket and looked at her, waiting for her to create a black hole. Instead, she just smiled and told him to observe their surrounding. Rufus was astounded. It was the underworld. 'That was fast… She's smooth at teleporting …' Rufus thought.
"Well… Lead they way," She said, following him.
So Rufus led Tsuyu into the bounty place and turned in the corpse. In return, he was given an envelope full of cash. The male demon tucked that envelope inside his jacket and turned to Tsuyu.
"So where will we go now?" Tsuyu asked, her eyes showing signs of cluelessness.
"Well, where do you want to go?" Rufus responded, staring straight into her eyes.
"I don't know…" She said.
"You need some clothes…" Rufus stated, now eyeing her outfit. "I guess we can go to the shop and purchase you some clothes…"
"Well… Alright," Tsuyu agreed, remembering how she only wore a ripped robe and how she had no shoes on.
Once again, the crimson-eyed demon led his comrade to the store. Rita escorted the two throughout the store and allowed them to pick out whatever they liked. Once they had bought the items that they needed, the two headed back to the human world.
"It's night time… Where should we go?" Tsuyu asked.
"I don't know… Since we're in the Bermesiah Continent, let's just travel to the Kerrie Village and stay there," The brunette suggested.
Tsuyu only smiled and nodded. They traveled to the Kerrie Village side-by-side. There was a bridge of silence between the two, but to the demon's surprise, he actually enjoyed it. It just feels so right. It's been quite some time since I've ever been so much at ease… He thought as he looked over at the beautiful re-borned goddess. She was humming to herself, smiling while she enjoyed the views of nature.
"Oh, Rufus, I think we're there..!" Tsuyu told him, pointing at the lights of the village.
"Yes, we're there," Rufus agreed. "Come on, let's—"
However, he was cut off. A group of bandits had jumped out of nowhere and surrounded them. One of them grabbed Tsuyu and held her.
"No! Let me go! Rufus!" The fragile girl cried out, tears forming in her eyes.
"Hey, shut it, girly!" One growled, pressing a dagger to her neck.
"Let her go!" Rufus demanded, pulling out his dual guns.
"Shoot and the girl dies. What's your choice?" The same man taunted.
Tsuyu's tears began rolling down her cheeks and Rufus' heart was pained to see such happen to his beautiful comrade. Shit, shit, shit… What can I do? He thought.
Uh oh~..! What's going to happen? Let;s both find out next time!
