A Tegami Bachi/Letter Bee fanficton by Garrarg. And it's all about Zaji! She's the best character in the manga in my opinion.
Legal Jargon bit: I do not own Tegami Bachi/Letter Bee, Zaji, or any of the characters therein and am not making any profit from this blah blah blah. This story may not be reproduced without my permission, so PM me if you want to do anything with it.
Zaji gender issue going on still, I changed around her gender in chapter 1 and 2 a few times, but thankfully I had no readers then! Wow, first time I was ever glad I had no readers! Zaji is a she in my story!
Letter Bee Zaji.
"Hey, where's the mayor at?" I called out to a man that was rolling a barrel along, dripping sweat form his brow. He didn't say anthing, but pointed to a large building beside what looked like a school or a hospital. I nodded to him and coninued on my way, glad to finaly be at my destination and done with the hard part. Well, the first hald of the hard part, I still had to get the letter to the reciever, and take a reply back. Everyone here seemed happy or at least content, and instead of being mad at me for being a Bee, or happy that I was Bee, they just treated me like everyone else.
I got inside the mayor's building and and a short woman with an armload of papers took me straight to the mayors office at the top floor, and knocked on the door for me. She seemed jumpy around Vashka, which amused me.
"Come in." I heard the voice of who must have been the mayor and entered his office. It was empty except for a massive desk at which sat and old shrively man with a pile of papers in front of him.
"I've come to deliver an urgent letter from the Bee Hive supervisor Ralgo Lloyd" I said and dropped the letter on the table in front of him. He glanced at it.
"And you need to sign for it." I handed him a paper and he signed it irritably with his pencil and threw it back at me, then went back to looking at his papers. He ignored me and the letter for a nearly a minute, when I got too annoyed to be quiet.
"Hey, this letter really is urgent!" I said, he looked up at me and sighed.
"It can wait till tomorrow."
"No it can't! I just spent three days of almost no sleep or food or rest to get here because of how important it is, and I'm suposed to have a vacation around now so could you just read it, and give me a reply to take back!" I said loudly enough that it seemed to get through to him and he picked up the letter.
"You look hurt, I'll read this and make my reply and you can go visit the nurse in the building next door and rest for a while." The mayor said and opened the letter and proceeded to read it. I grunted and left his office, and the building. But I didn't go to the building that turned out to be a hospital, I just found a nearby bench and sat there and closed my eyes.
"Hey Bee, wake up!" I heard the voice of a child and woke up. I appears that I fell asleep on the bench, and my neck was very sore. Well, not as sore as the rest me. There was a little boy with a plate of food, which he put gingerly on my lap and ran away. I sat there confused for a moment.
"It's for you Bee, and it's free don't worry." I turned to see the mayor standing behind my bench and I started eating, realising how hungry I was. The mayor sat next to me and watched Vashka's tail twitch in her sleep.
"You went through a lot to get here in just three days didn't you? The letter said it expected you to get here in four days, and back in another four."
"I got here fast from running for my life for a while, and not stopping to rest or eat often." I said between mouth-fulls. The mayor smiled a sad smile.
"The way you walk suggests you got hurt."
"Yeah, several towns didn't like me and I had to kill a Gaichuu as big as your building."
The mayor stared at me for a moment in surprise. He looked away after a bit and sighed.
"I insist that you see a nurse while your here, and I'll have reply for you to take back to Lloyd ina few hours. I can see you want this to be done and over with quickly"
I just nodded and finished my food.
". . .And then I killed the Gaichuu outside of Time Town, and they let me go without any hassle, and the rest of the journey here was uneventful, if fast." I finished my story as the nurse finished checking all my bruises and scrapes. The mayor just kept nodding and agreeing with me.
"Yes, the people of Small Waters have been trouble for us before, but they don't come here anymore." He said and sighed.
"Okay Miss, your good to go." The nurse said to me and handed me a paper, which was her medical report that all Bee's had to hand to the Bee Hive when they got injured in the line of work.
"Thanks." I mumbled and left the building with the mayor. We went back into his office and her made a long reply for me to take back.
"I took the liberty of filling your bag with some canned food and some Rin, since yours is all gone, as a tip for your dangerous journey here." He said to me after sealing and addressing the reply letter and giving it to me.
"Thanks." I said, and Vashka purred.
"Good luck on your way back, I'd spare you a ride part of the way but our horses are all ill."
"Don't worry I'll get there quickly enough." I said and left his office.
As I exited town I reflected on all that had happened. I felt angry at the young man from the beginning of my journey that wanted me to deliver a letter and didn't understand how much of a hurry I was in. And the whole rest of that town were just looking for an excuse to attack a Bee, and unfortunately it was me. Whatever there problem was, I didn't care though. I wont stop there on my way back, or anywhere. I had enough food for me and Vashka to get the whole way back to the Bee Hive without having to stop in towns.
And those people from Small Waters! Those tall bastards that wanted to eat Vashka; my blood boiled with hatred at the thought of them. They had killed so many Bees, the supervisor had to know about this as soon as I got back. They had no right to what they did, and I wanted revenge for myself and all the unfortunate Bees they came across. I swore to hurt them, as much as I possibly could! Yes, revenge would be wonderful. And I'm sure Vashka wanted to sink her claws into them as well. Maybe I'd burn up their stinky little Yurrg plants!
As painful and angering my journey had been, I did meet a few good people. The old man with the carriage that stood up for me when the townspeople started attacking me. Even Ed was good at heart, though a bit of a puppet it seemed. The mayor was nice too, once it was brought to attention how damn important that letter was.
The entire journey back to the Bee Hive in Yuusari was quick and uneventful. I avoided all people I saw on the roads, and took more shortcuts than necessary, and many dangerous ones too. I was powered by my anger of this damn assignment, and the thoughts of Small Waters. I came across a few Gaichuu, and killed them outstandingly fast with over-powered heart bullets, and I knew I using too much heart but I didn't care. I was just content killing the damn Gaichuu, they were something I knew I could handle better than people. I hardly stopped, only long enough for a couple hours rest and I ate while I walked. All in all, I made it to the Yuusari capital within three days, and I didn't even have to run like I did when I ran away from Small Waters.
I came to the Bee Hive finally, and once I was in the doors was when I finally slowed. I went straight to Ralgo Lloyd's office, ignoring the Bee's that waved and greeted me. Connor, my friend, was there, but I ignored him and walked past, not really caring about him at the moment. He looked confused about it, but I was past him quickly. I got to the door Lloyd's office on one of the higher floor soon, and knocked and entered.
"Zaji!" He was behid his desk and jumped up. "I wasn't expecting you for another two days."
"There in three, and back in three." I said and tossed the reply letter onto his desk and turned to go.
"Wait, Zaji, I want to hear how your trip went." He said all too cheerfully.
"Attacked by one town, taken capture by another that wanted eat Vashka, killed ten Gaichuu, one was the biggest I ever seen, ran for my life and chased out of a town that demanded money and work I could not give. I'll write up a full report tonight." I said quickly and with much anger and left the room, ignoring Lloyd as he told me to wait. I went down to the first floor and was heading for the exit, when Aria Rink stepped in front of me. She was the supervisors assistant, and gave the Bees most of their orders.
"You looke like you used up too much Heart, Zaji." She said, putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Hell of a two weeks." I said and went to move past her, and she stopped me.
"You look in serious need of healing."
"Probably." And I walked past her. I felt realy bitter and angry, all I wanted was some rest. She didn't try to stop me and I didn't look back. I ignored Connor again as I went past him. I got all the way to the front doors of the Bee Hive before everything blurred and I felt dizzy. I stopped and leaned against the wall and hung my head. I felt so tired, and angry still.
"Come on you need healing, and rest." I heard Aria's voice again.
"And food." It was Connors voice and I didn't protest when they grabbed both my arms and lead me away from the door.
I found myself escorted back to Lloyd's office where he sat reading the reply from the mayor of Goldenheart mining village. I sat down in a chair, and Aria gestured for Connor to leave the room. He nodded reluctantly and smiled at me as he left. Aria took out her violin, and started playing. Every Bee had a different Heart bullet, just like everyones Heart was different. I had used to much of my Heart and was starting to lose it, and Arias heart bullet was for restoring peoples lost heart. I listened to the music silently and closed my eyes. I felt my bitterness and anger fade to normal, and some of my tiredness went away as well. After a while of listening to her music, I felt closer to normal. When she finally stopped, Lloyd had already finished reading the reply from the mayor of Goldenheart village.
"Well, Zaji, would you like to give a verbal report instead of a written report?Then you'll go see our nurse, have some food, and rest. You deserve a vacation after this."" He said after a few moment of complete silence. I opened my eyes slowly.
"Sure." I said after some thinking, and proceeded to tell my story.
End of Letter Bee Zaji. More Zaji fanfics coming soon! And yes, Zaji will remain a female, I can't realy think of her as a he. . .