Sorry for the lengthy A/N last time, I promise to double the length. Yeah, I was hyper that night felt like rambling... Sorry. *sweatdrop*
Disclaimer: I do NOT own +Anima! It belongs to Natsumi Mukai-sama! (Right?)
Lol taking your word...
Without any further ado, I bring you the story! *confetti*
Cooro was confused by what Gates meant by 'begin', he blinked, and opened his mouth to ask the question on his mind.
But he was interrupted by a huge pain in his back, he yelped and looked behind him at the two men. What were they doing? Cooro widened his eyes in horror, were they trying to pull his wings off?
The two people continued attempting to rip Cooro in half, so the boy prepared to allow his wings to disappear into his tattoo, but Gates seemed a step ahead of the small child.
"Ah, ah, ah, don't go making your wings disappear, now. I'm just measuring your wingspan, now." He it was a mutter, but it was on the verge of a growl, which scared poor Cooro, adding up with the harsh sting in his back, it didn't feel good. What frightened the boy even more was that the merchant pulled out his long, stick-like object, a similar shape to a fork at the end. Gates pressed a little red button, and the fork lit up with electricity. "We wouldn't want to feel this again, now?"
Cooro gulped and nodded, his mind reeling.
Gates turned off the stick-thing and looked at his friends. "Don't tear off the wings now, just at the very brink of it, now." He told them.
The young child with black wings let a stray tear trickle down his face slowly, the stinging and aching in his back unbearable, it really did feel like they wanted to rip his wings off. He really wanted to just let his wings disappear and just live with the electric shocks, but he forced himself to keep them out.
"Stop, now..." Gates commanded. The two guys behind Cooro stopped trying to rip the poor boy in half, Gates stood in front of him, observing every detail. "It's roughly 11 feet, now... You can let go, now."
Instant relief flooded Cooro's mind as their grubby hands released his wings. The young child instantly tucked his wings in, and they slowly disappeared into his tattoo. His legs tucked into his chest tightly and he hid his face in his hands in fear, wanting to run away and see Husky, Senri, and Nana. Husky's stubborn and cold behaviour, Senri's quiet and sympathetic attitude, and Nana's motherly and caring nature.
Cooro blinked. He needed to be brave! Maybe they'd let him go if he scared them! Have a taste of their own medicine!
He could see the three men through the pitch darkness talking together. Gates turned towards Cooro. "Okay, you can go back in your cage, now." He told Cooro cheerfully, and without waiting for a response, he took the boy's arm in his hand and dragged Cooro back into his wooden cage, binding his wrists together with the metal again.
Gates closed the door, and stood up, slowly stepping back to his friends.
"Yeah, the sheriff is bound to find us here at one point... What should we do?" The ninja guy asked.
"Hn, I have a little cottage with a basement, we could hide the boy there until we finish the experiment." A man with small eyes and a gloved hand replied. Cooro dubbed him 'Small-Eyes'.
Gates smiled through the darkness. "That's a good idea, now. The only problem is bringing the boy with us, now. Someone's bound to notice him with us, now." He sighed.
Ninja Guy's footsteps began to echo in the cave, until Cooro could see his feet through the thick bars. Ninja Guy knelt down and looked Cooro in the eyes, a beady look flitting around in his face. "Yeah, we're gonna let you out of the cage, and you're going to walk with us to our friend's house. You will follow us, without calling for help, running away, or flying away. If you do any of the above, you will truly regret it. We'll easily recapture you again, and you'll regret running away in the first place." He growled, wanting to make hispoint get across the first time.
Poor, little Cooro nodded shakily, easily scared out of his wits. "O-okay..." He whimpered.
Ninja Guy seemed to smile through the cloth, and opened the latch to Cooro's cage, he let the door swing out fully. Apparantly Gates and his friends didn't think that Cooro could crawl on his own, because he just gripped Cooro's arm and yanked him out.
"Yeah, go get your stuff, Gates, let's head out before we're noticed." Ninja Guy intoned.
"Where's Cooro?" Nana murmured her finger on her lip in a thinking position.
Husky huffed. "Probably saw a butterfly and tried to catch it." He growled.
Senri continued to look at the two children, not joining their conversation of finding their feathered friend, but he was equally as worried, mind you.
Nana quirked her lip ad glared at Husky. "Aren't you a little worried about him? It's almost noon, and he's still not back." She complained. "I say we look for him, Senri, can you please go by the river? Go get him if you see him? And Husky, you're coming with me into the woods."
A huge anger mark appeared on Husky's forehead. "Why do I have to go with you?" He snarled.
Nana folded her arms stubbornly. "Because I'm afraid of the woods when I'm alone. So come with me." Nana retorted.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"...Grrgghh, fine."
"Yay!"
Husky stood up. "Senri, Nana's right. For once. You can go look by the river for Cooro. Alright?"
Nana growled at Husky's comment, but agreed for the last part.
Senri stood up and nodded, then the bear +Anima turned around and stalked down the hill towards the rushing water.
Then, the fish and bat +Anima turned towards the trail to the forest, and began their search for Cooro.
When Cooro stepped out of the cave with Gates and his friends, he squinted his eyes at the sudden light, his eyes used to the darkness, he closed his eyes and opened them again, his eyes adjusting to the bright light of the sun.
Small-Eyes nudged him softly forward as they began to walk, the small boy walked alongside the group, looking at the scenery, there was a large plain, the grass was up to your ankles, and the wind blew a cool breeze. At one point the four of them came to a river, easily solving the obstacle, they walked across with some flat rocks.
Small-Eyes cottage was in their line of vision, it was quite small, and the wood was old, but holding up quite nicely, the roof held thick wood with shingles lined on top of it, a window on the front, beside the front door.
As Cooro continued looking at the environment, he spotted a character looking in the river, sometimes letting their hand break through the surface of the cold water and their fingers would be submerged.
But what the person was doing didn't bother Cooro, at all. What made him jump was the person.
It was Senri.
Omg, this chapter was a fail... I'm sorry...
Oh, Nii-san, yes, next chapter.