Chapter 44- The Hand Of The Grim Reaper 1
Author's Note: Welcome to Southern Europe 7000 years ago. Enjoy!

He never moves forward; for the past will never leave him.

The town was deathly silent as he walked into it.

People were hiding in houses, alleyways, and even in wells as he walked further into town.

The person staggered once, and then fell to the ground as the people all stared at him in surprise.

"This is perfect! Come, people! Let us kill him before he can kill us!" One man shouted, and the people all cheered as they went to grab various weapons.

The people advanced toward the person laying on the ground, and the man in the lead smiled as he raised his pitchfork over his head.

"Wait!"

The people all froze as someone stopped in front of the lead man, and held their arms out to the side to shield the person on the ground.

"He's hurt! You can't kill him!"

"Move! He has killed many more than you can think of! He must be killed to save the world!"

"What are we? Humans or monsters?" The person shouted back in defense, and the people all froze as they stared at the girl with dark green hair shielding the person on the ground.

"Move, Lena! He is even less of a monster than the Thousand Year Duke!"

"It's not fair to kill him without hearing him out!"

"He'll kill you if you even try to talk to him!"

"He can't kill me!" Lena shouted back, and the people all froze as they stared at her in shock.

"Lena…" The man in the lead muttered, and he then scowled as he lowered the pitchfork.

"Fine, but if he kills anyone. You will held responsible!" He shouted, and he ushered the people away as Lena stared after them all.

"Stubborn old man." She muttered before bending down to lift the person up.

She stared at his face when she got him up, and she smiled.

"No one with an innocent looking face can be that bad." She said as she dragged the person toward a house nearby.

"Lena, I hope you know what you're doing…"

"I do, Grandfather."

"Good, cause I don't."

The person's eyes twitched as he slowly opened them, and he stared up to see Lena and her grandfather looking at him.

"Good, you're awake." Lena said with a smile, and the person slowly sat up while clutching his head.

The grandfather backed away slowly as Lena stayed where she was while she fingered a golden locket around her neck.

"What's your name?" Lena asked as the person looked over at her weakly.

"… Gin… Gin Coldblood…" Gin said slowly while he was still slightly dizzy for some reason.

Lena smiled as she handed Gin some water, which he drink slowly.

"I'm Lena and that is my grandfather, Kowa." Lena said as she pointed to Kowa, and Gin looked over at him with his pure blue eyes.

Kowa backed away slowly as he stared at Gin, but Lena calmly gave Gin some more water with a smile.

"Are you okay though? You passed out after entering town…" Lena asked quietly, and Gin stared at the water silently.

Suddenly, Lena and Kowa froze as Gin suddenly held a blade of a katana at Lena's throat.

He stared at her emotionlessly as she stared back slightly surprised.

Kowa tried not to move in fear of his granddaughter being beheaded.

"You shouldn't move like that." Lena said as Gin held the katana tightly in his hand while staring at her.

His hand suddenly let go, and he slumped forward as the katana fell to the ground and splashed into water as he was unconscious again.

"A-Are you okay, Lena?" Kowa asked slowly as he stared down at the puddle of water in front of Lena's chair.

"Yes, I'm fine." She said with a smile as she moved Gin back so he was lying down again.

She silently took her locket off, and placed it on Gin's chest.

Kowa watched as Lena stared at Gin's face, and then removed the locket.

She put it back around her neck, and she smiled.

"He should be fine now." She said, and sure enough, Gin's eyes slowly opened, and he groaned as he sat up.

Kowa backed away more as Gin looked around in confusion.

"Where am I…?"

"You're in our house." Lena said calmly, and Gin looked over at her slowly while Kowa slowly moved behind Lena.

Gin glanced at Kowa, and the old man jumped slightly as he hid behind Lena.

"Don't worry about him. He's just scared of you." Lena said when she saw Gin's confused face.

Lena looked back at her grandfather, and then smiled again.

"It's okay, Grandfather. He won't hurt anyone." Lena said very reassuringly, and Kowa slowly walked out from behind her.

"Ahem, I'm Kowa." Kowa said as he held his hand out, and Gin stared at it in confusion.

"Haven't you ever shaken someone's hand before?" Kowa asked, and Gin looked even more puzzled.

Lena smiled as she held her hand up, and used her other hand to take Gin's.

She put his hand against her held out one, and she held onto his with a smile.

"You just take the other person's hand and you shake it." Lena said, and Gin nodded as he slowly shook Lena's hand.

His hand slowly let go, and he shook Kowa's hand slowly as well.

"There you go." Lena said with her smile still on her face, and Kowa nodded at Gin.

"Might I ask, but do you remember anything before coming to this town?"

Gin paused for a moment as he tried to remember anything, and he nodded.

"I remember my family beingattacked by someone with a talking umbrella." Gin said, and Kowa nearly fell back as quickly moved away from Gin.

"The Thousand Year Duke?" Kowa said in shock, and Lena stared at Gin in surprise.

"Was he the one who hurt you?" She asked, and Gin thought for a moment before nodding.

"Amazing… You survived against the Thousand Year Duke…" Kowa muttered, and while the old man started to ponder something, Gin looked back at Lena.

"So who are you?" He asked, and Lena smiled sweetly as she moved his black hair out of his pure blue eyes.

"I'm Lena Lee."

DUN DUN DUN! The mystery that you have all been wondering about Lenais over! XD Enjoyed this chapter? Review then!