"come on, can you ride any slower" Masaru complained, he was really starting to get on my nerves
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"Come on, can you ride any slower" Masaru complained, he was really starting to get on my nerves
"Shut up" I snapped back at him, I was already in a bad mood and he wasn't helping the situation
"Please … Issi" he wined
"For Shinou's sake no" I yelled at him
He went quiet for a while; I knew I had over reacted, but what the hell was his problem it was like he couldn't leave me alone to think
"Ok, a bit faster" I sighed
"Yeah, lets race" He Cheered
And he was off before I could protest, great I'm stuck with a 19 year old, who acts like a stupid 3yr old I though sarcastically
Masaru stopped and turned around looking at me evilly
"Did I forget to mention that the loser sleeps outside?" he smirked
"That's cheating, I wasn't ready" I glared at him, I knew as I raced towards him that this was stupid and childish but there was no way I was going to sleep outside.
I soon passed Masaru, I turned around to see where he was, I heard him calling my name and he told me to stop, but I didn't because I knew he was obviously trying to get me to slow down so he could overtake me, I turned around to see a boy running towards me, SHIT he's got his bloody eyes closed, I pulled on the Haden's reign's, but he was not quick enough and he accidentally hit the boy, before Haden stopped.
I jumped off Haden to see if the kid was going to be ok, I checked his pulse, I sighed he was breathing.
"Yeah sure he's alive, but damn I think he broke a few ribs from impact" Masaru stated
"No… he's perfectly fine, he didn't just crash into a Horse which was running really fast" I said shot at him sarcastically
"Issi I was just trying to help" Masaru said sounding hurt
"Yeah I know, sorry it's just that because of my stupidity this kid got hurt"
"If it helps, he wasn't watching where he was going"
"How do you know that, you were far away from him?"
"Because he wasn't running straight" he stated as though it was completely obvious
"Yeah sure, well we have to do something"
"What about I saw an inn, a couple miles back, we could take him there?"
"No we can't, don't you think it would look weird, we're already wanted"
"You're right… ummm..."
"I got it … there's a cave close by, we'll take him there and you can help him."
"Yeah lets do that… come on" I said
We soon put the boy on my horse and rode quickly but carefully to the cave where we set him down and took out the medical kit.
I started to get all the required materials and equipment to help the kid as best as we can until we get to the next Village.
"Masaru I need you to hold him down for me" I ordered as I squished the Jung beans and the Lily leaves together.
After I finished that I took out a stinting stick (it's like a syringe)
"Hey Issi" Masaru's Rough Voice called to me
"Yeah what" I asked him, not bothering to look up
"Is this really necessary" he asked eyeing the Stick
"Trust me it is" I told him, thank Shinou the kid was still knocked out
"I think the … Kid … is ummm …. Awake" Masaru told me
"Well then hold him down cause this is going to hurt like hell and he's
Going to try and move out of it and trust, me it hurts more the second time" I sighed poor kid, if he moved before I could put this in his system then he's going to be in a lot of pain .
I pricked him with the Stick, I could feel his body tense up, thank Shinou I had some sleeping potion with me. At least he won't be awake to feel the pain.
Soon after we decided that it was smarter to move on to the next village quickly before the kid woke up, it took us 1 and a half days to reach the village of Warderk, but the kid didn't wake up.
We booked into an inn and took the kid up and put him on one of the beds, he was still sleeping and I was beginning to worry, so I decided to check his eyes... Big mistake, it turned out this kid was a soukou, and me being as idiotic as usual decided to do down to the bar and find masaru to tell him.
"He's a" Masaru yelled outraged when I told him
"A soukou and keep you voice down" I whispered to him
"So tell me again why I can't kill him" he asked glaring at me
"You owe me and because it's cowardly to kill someone when their defenseless, so you can't kill him" I practically begged
"Fine, but I'm not helping him either" he said as he got up
"Where are you going?" I asked him
"I'm going to clear my head … I'll meet you back at the room, because I'm sure you want some alone time with you precious soukou" he spat at me before storming off
I sighed and was about to get up when a red headed lady sat down next to me
"Hi" She said smiling at me
"Hi" I returned her greeting wondering why she was talking to me.
"So can I buy you a drink cutie?" she asked batting her eyelashes
"Aren't I supposed to be the one hitting on you?" I asked rolling my eyes
She smiled and then called the inn keeper to send a couple of beers over this way
"So did you need anything" I asked as she handed me a drink
She waited for me to take few sips before replying.
"Actually I accidentally overheard that you know where I could find a soukou" she whispered in my ear
"Yeah, and what do you want with this soukou" I asked after a few more gulps of beer.
"Nothing really, I'm just curious, what does he look like?" she asked
I smiled at her
"Well he's about 17 and he has short messy black hair and black eyes and …. Wait why?" I asked finally coming to my senses
"well I was thinking about taking him off your shoulders, because I overheard the fight between you and your mate and I don't think you want to lose your friend over a soukou" she smiled at him
I stopped drinking and for the first time during the conversation really looked at her, I knew it now she wasn't a she at all, she was a guy but not only a guy she was a spy, I knew this because he / she reminded me of Gareth my bodyguard… well my ex- Bodyguard, he used to go undercover to protect me all the time. EARTH TO ISAMU …THIS GUYS IS A SPY … SHIT.
"Well I'm sorry I have no idea what you're talking about, but I've got to go … so I'll see you later" I said hurriedly getting up.
The smile wiped off her face as she got up and for a brief second I thought I was safe because there was so any witnesses until I realized that there was no-one else in the bar, not even the bartender when the hell did this happen. I made a move to leave but she grabbed me and pushed me against the wall
"Where is he?" the spy asked giving me a look which clearly said if you don't tell me I will hurt you
"Who the hell are you talking about?" I asked although I knew exactly who she was referring to; I couldn't leave the kid with this maniac.
"Don't play with me" he said pushing me harder against the wall
"Ok, I'll tell you" I said, damn why do I get myself in this shit
"Where" was all he asked
"On the outskirts of the village there's a cave, he's there" I said in my most convincing voice.
"Why should I believe you" he raised an eyebrow
"Please, just don't hurt me, I swear he's there" I pleaded
"Who else knows about him" he asked
"Only me and my friend Doze" where the hell did I get doze from.
"Fine you come with me" he said pulling me to the door
"I can't, I have to get home of people will get suspicious, please you can find me if you have anything else to ask me please" I groveled
"Why should I trust you" he asked
"Because every second you waste here, is another second the kid could die" I stated hopeing that he needed the kid alive, so that he was worried about time more than figuring out if I was lying
"Why?" he asked pushing against the wall
"Because he was badly injured and we didn't want to touch him" I said
He threw me on the floor before rushing to the door
"Wait" I called after him
He turned and gave me a questioning look
"Who do you work for and why do you want him" I asked even though I knew I was pushing it
"I work for a King and why we want him is non of your concern" he said before unlocking the door
"Which king"
But he ignored my questions and ran out.
I knew we had a day or two before he came back to look for us, so we have to skip town soon.
As I made my way up the stairs towards our room, I heard laughter, I frowned and ran to see what was so funny, as I arrived at the door I saw Masaru laughing at the soukou boy who was obviously in pain.
I slapped him,
"Why in shinou's name did you hit me?" He asked me angrily.
"I wonder it couldn't have been the fact that this boy is injured and in a lot of pain and your just standing there laughing at him" I shot at him sarcastically
"Yeah yeah … why don't you help him oh compassionate one" he asked me, I could tell he was annoyed
"Because incase you haven't noticed my hands are full, so now if your done arguing I'm sure that poor boy is in pain so could you be kind enough to lend him a hand ?" I snapped motioning to the bags I was currently holding which contained supplies I had bought so we could leave town the next day as I glared at him.
I watched as Masaru picked the boy up and placed him on the bed, I turned around to start packing when I heard a slapping sound; I spun around to face masaru.
"Why the hell did you do that for, he's hurt really badly" I yelled
"Well quite frankly I don't care, weather he's hurt or not he's an ugly impudent
Soukou, and if I had my way I'd have killed …" he started angrily
"Shut up and leave, come back when you've calmed down got it" I cut him off, my voice dangerously low.
Masaru glared at me and then headed for the door, but not before pushing everything I had on the table on to the floor and then he stormed out of the door.
I walked up to the boy
"Are you ok?" I asked
The Soukou opened his eyes and stared at me, like he was analyzing what type of person I was.
I placed a hand on his bare chest, his heart was beating abnormally fast, and I guess he was scared.
"I'm guessing that the pain has gone away?"
Silence
"Well… you know I can't help you if you don't talk to me"
I waited I really wanted him to talk to me
"This is getting me no where"
I sighed maybe he's sleeping
Then I remembered what I did to get masaru to trust me, ok I've got nothing to lose.
"Well I guess if I want you to talk to me, you have to be able to trust me and the only way for that to happen is if you see that I'm no threat to you so … here goes nothing"
I looked over his chest one more and found myself smiling, although I wasn't sure why.
"… This is the part where you're supposed to tell me that even though you don't know me you trust me completely, because I'm such a good looking charming man"
"Well I guess not ... So I better start talking then"
There was something about this boy that is so beautiful… NO wait what the hell I am thinking... Ok Focus Isamu
"I'm a half, I'm turning 36 years old (roughly 18yrs in normal human standard), ummm … this feels really awkward having this one sided conversation, I'm breathtakingly handsome if I do say so myself, I love to read, I'm really out going as well, I'm a very peace loving person and by the way my name is Isamu Kiyoshi, but my friends/ friend calls my Issi"
I soon found myself staring intently at the boy like I couldn't take my eyes off him, what the hell is wrong with me?
"Well that was a waste of time, I guess the kid's really sleeping, and well I better find Masaru to make sure he doesn't blow anything up"
I said out loud to the sleeping beautiful soukou, before I headed towards the door
" Did you know that Isamu means courage and bravery and Kiyoshi means pure , so I guess you're a brave, courageous and pure person , who I think I can trust" his voice barely over a whisper
I smiled, so I guess he can trust me, I turned around and sat at the edge of his bed.
"My name is Naoto, I'm a 15year old human, I I'm not very into reading, nor am I an out going person, I was on my way to see if there was actually someone who could teach me how to fight so we have nothing really in common, and by the way if I had friends they would call me Nao or something like that" Naoto attempted to smile.
I felt sorry for the kid, he had no friends probably because he was a soukou and he was on the run.
I looked at the boy before smiling to myself
"Well it's nice to meet you Nao … and if you want when you get better I could teach you how to fight, sure I hate war, but you must know how to defend your self and to protect the ones you love"
I answered truthfully
"Why the hell did this happen to me?" he whispered, I didn't think I was supposed to hear him, but I was sure I should help.
"Nao the thing you need to understand is that…" I paused, and then I noticed that Naoto's breathing was slower, he must have drifted off to sleep I thought about how angelic he looked.
I sighed, poor kid, I'm going to help him
I laid a hand on murata's cheek before getting up and whispering
"Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window or break down a door because sometimes you have to trust fate because everything happens for a reason"
Before I walked out the door to find Masaru, which wasn't that hard considering that he was sitting on the stairs.
I quickly explained to him our current situation ( that someone was after Nao) and he agreed to help and told me that he over reacted, and actually asked if the kid was ok.
And later that night we skipped town with Naoto before the spy guy came back.
A few weeks went by and the three of us became really close friends, me and Masaru taught Nao how to fight with and without a sword, but because of Naoto we had to stop our quest, it wasn't that we didn't trust him with our secret it was just that we didn't want to burden him with our knowledge, but I think what's more frightening than our quest is that I think I'm falling for him.
Naoto had now been with us for a month and we were spending time in the south-eastern region of Thiokol which meant we were on the border of the masouk and the human territories, I sent Masaru and Nao to gather some fire wood while I set up camp, I planned to tell Naoto our quest, when a pigeon landed on the tent I was setting up, I took the letter from its pouch before it flew off, I quickly scanned though the letter, it wasn't anything special, but I did find out a few things:
He's real name is Murata ken A.K.A the great sage
He's a stupid liar and he betrayed us, he's friends with the god damned Maou, he's the Enemy.
And even though I know that he lied and he's our enemy, I still can't stop loving him and no matter how much I really want to say I hate his guts and I want to kill him or hold him hostage, I can't and I really hate myself because of this.
I wanted to hit myself, but before I could do anything Masaru and Nao well Murata came back with fire wood and they were laughing about something, ok I confront him now… good plan
"Hey Issi guess what happened" Masaru yelled at me
"Hey shut up … I thought we agreed that you weren't going to tell him" Nao glared at murata
and as they both came closer yelling to me about what happened, I felt I couldn't do this, I couldn't break our friendship Nao or murata or who ever he is was the first person besides me who Masaru actually let in his world and I wasn't going to be the one who ruined it.
So I put on one of my most convincing grins and sat down to eat with them and as the night went on I found that I didn't even have to fake being happy, maybe I'll give him a chance, I thought as I went to bed that night.
It was a few weeks later when it was my turn to go into town, when I saw him the red haired man but this time he was accompanied by a small girl with long gray hair, I knew they had followed us so if they've been following us since Warderk then there was no point actually running from them, I had to confront Naoto wait no … its murata.
As I headed back to our camp sight, I asked Masaru to call Naoto, he gave me a curious look before leaving.
Ten minutes late I found them on top of each other in an intimate manner, I had to admit I was pretty jealous.
"Are you two love birds finished" I asked rolling my eyes
"What love birds, if anyone should be calling anyone love bird its you and Nao, god the way you two act around each other" Masaru Spat at me
"Really because considering the position you guys are in, I'd have to day that you guys are deeply in love" I said smiling
But I soon found myself laughing at the boy's reaction to the position they found themselves in.
"So Nao's in charge in this relationship, or is it a fling, is he any good Masaru" Because I knew there was nothing seriously going on, I could find humor in their situation
Masaru told me to shut up, I simply rolled my eyes
"So you haven't answered my question, is Nao any good?" I asked slyly
Masaru sighed and said "Issi, get lost"
"I just want to know" I said innocently
"Well if you want to know that badly, then maybe we could have a 'discussion' about it in my tent later" murata said suggestively as he got up
I blushed slightly when I realized what he meant by that, I heard Masaru laughing in the background, it seemed so normal, well until murata asked what I wanted and Masaru backed him up when I told him it was nothing important, it was then that I decided that we were going to run despite our chances.
It was a few days later when we were near the Haulm territory when I brought up his past hoping in vain that he would tell us the truth, but he got all worked up and really defensive so I decided to drop the subject, ok in the morning I confront him.
It was morning and He had asked Masaru to wake up Naoto, they had something really serious to talk about, when murata didn't wake up straight away Masaru took the liberty of pouring cold ice water on his head, I heard him swear and decided that I should stop the fight before it even started, but as I was standing at the front of the tent, I smiled to myself, Damn I'm making this harder than it should be.
"Guys cut it out" I yelled so they knew I meant business.
When they both stopped, I turned around calling over my shoulder
"Ok well Nao, you better get cleaned up and meet me and Masaru out side we all need to talk about something"
It was the first awkward silence between me and Masaru since we met and even though I hated every moment of it, I really didn't know what to say, I thanked Shinou when murata came out, but then remembered that things were going to get from bad to worse from this point onwards.
"So … what's up?" Murata asked
"Before I say anything, you both have to swear to me that you will tell me the truth ok" I sighed
"Yeah course" Masaru said as soon as the words left Isamu's lips
Murata took a bit longer but then said "yeah sure"
"Please don't interrupt me" I said before turning away from both boys, I didn't want to meet their curious eyes, not yet.
Masaru and murata both waited anxiously for me to begin.
"Where to start" I murmured
"The beginning is always a good place" a voice oddly familiar pointed out
We all looked up and standing there was the red haired Man, who was practically stalking Nao… I mean Murata
The man said some things towards murata and Masaru looked confused
"Who the hell are you" Masaru asked looking annoyed
"Well I'm "the man began but was cut off
"no , not you , I couldn't care less about who the hell you are, Nao , what the hell is this idiot talking about"
We could all tell that no matter what he said things were going to get from bad to worse.
"Maybe I should explain" I butted in
And after I finished I realized something Facts are stupid things.
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