"So how has your training been going?" Hanataro asked Shiki as the group began to walk off towards the large field where the circus was set up,
"Well, the bastard's actually pretty happy, mostly thanks to Murder, now we're a duo, but this is still his premiere show." he explained, making most of the group wonder what they meant by training.
Jack was apparently completely content with sitting on Murder's shoulders as opposed to walking on her own two feet, and Murder didn't seem to mind, he just glided on ahead, rather uncaring to whether he left the others behind or not.
"Ne ne Mu-chan, you is really pretty." Jack suddenly told him, since they were far away enough from the others, they wouldn't be overheard.
Murder only stared at her, wondering what was wrong with the girl, since he had never once in his life been called pretty, or even handsome. Jack merely kept smiling, although her smile said she knew something that he didn't, and it irritated Murder that he didn't know what it was that the small girl knew, but he didn't.
"Mu-chan will never find out my secret, unless he asks." Jack said, making Murder wonder if she could read minds, then he merely sighed, in something similar to defeat.
"Then, I beg of thee, do tell what this most secretive of secrets is my fair lady." he told her, and so Jack leaned into his ear and whispered, Murder's eye widened, how was it that he could be traveling with a circus group for six months and they wouldn't realize, yet this girl had barely known him for five minutes and already knew that? "I must ask that thou not confide this secret of mine to anyone else."
"Of course not silly-san, it's our secret." Jack replied, this time her smile was saying that it was true, she wouldn't tell anyone, which gave Murder some relief, since he really didn't want anyone to know that little secret of his.
The group soon arrived to the bustling caravans, all the occupants were preparing for tonight's show, there were many more children than there was adults, and Hanataro definitely noticed, "How many more brats did you guys take on?" he asked Shiki, a medical mask already covered his face, he had apparently come prepared for the large crowd.
Shiki looked and mumbled some stuff while counting on his fingers, and then he shrugged his shoulders, "Dunno, a lot?" he suggested, unsure of the answer to that question himself.
"And you wonder why the circus has financial problems." Hanataro said, sighing,
"Oh, so we should just leave them to die on the streets?" he asked, waving his arms around like a crazy,
"No, but did it ever cross your mind to leave them at an orphanage?" Hanataro inquired in answer to his question, to which Shiki stayed quiet, "How is it that if the ring master keels over you're going to be the next one?"
"Because I am an original Filiano!" he said, making a rock star pose,
"She's the one with the actual traits though." Hanataro said, gesturing to Jack who had apparently popped up next to him some time ago.
"Yeah, well, um, uh, I live with the circus!" he said, at first having difficulty finding what he was going to say, but then shouting it out, so that few people turned their heads, but then shrugged their shoulders and went back to work.
"Wow, and Jack's going to inherit it, if she wants to, according to the old lady's will." Hanataro said, ticking off Shiki, "You look really cute pissed off." Hanataro suddenly said, which made Shiki twitch a little.
"You're just trying to make me more pissed off aren't you?" Shiki asked, staring at him suspiciously,
"How'd you know?" Hanataro said sarcastically, making Shiki more confused as to whether or not he was trying to piss him off or not, "He's adorable when he's confused." Hanataro quietly admitted to Haruhi.
Suddenly Shiki was hit in the head, with what appeared to be the wheel of a skateboard, which made him fall forward, because even when Mori tried to pick it up, it was discovered to be very heavy. With the wheel, came forward a rather ticked off looking young man, he had long dark hair placed in a ponytail, murky green eyes, and wore a strange cream cloak sort of thing.
"Why aren't you with Murder, getting ready for your show, I mean it's his first debut?!" he shouted, and then pulled Shiki by the ear, but before he left, he stopped right in front of Jack, bowed to her, and then turned to Hanataro, "I hope you and your friends enjoy the show."
"Thanks Suicide." and Suicide then continued to pull Shiki by his ear, who continued to shout something about child abuse.
"Does everyone here have such strange names?" Haruhi asked, as she, the rest of the group, and Hanataro, all went into the large tent, in which seats were already proving to be difficult to find,
"Yeah, those are their stage names, but they tend to go by those instead of their actual names, in truth, I don't even remember what Suicide's real name is, so he probably forgot a while back too." he answered and sat down in a seat with several more empty ones in front and beside it, enough for all of them to sit comfortably.
The lights that had been on when they entered the tent, suddenly went out, causing a couple people to scream and Jack, who was seated next to Hanataro, to grip onto his arm like a lifeline, but then a spotlight went on at center stage, and from the shadows entered a dark skinned girl with short black hair wearing a bright orange leotard, how she had disappeared in the darkness wearing that, who knew?
"I have to warn you my viewers, this is no circus of norm. For here your nightmares will take their form." and with those simple rhyming words of greeting and parting, the girl stepped back into the shadows where she disappeared once more. The center spotlight remained turned on though, and Hanataro smirked to himself, the show was just about to begin.
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