Chapter Two
"Hello." The voice of the mysterious beautiful girl carried off sweetly.
Daisuke and Kuroshi stared at her, mouth gapping widely.
She set her face solemnly, "Okay, now let's get down to business, shall we? I do regret not meeting the two of you earlier, if not, we would be carrying out our mission sooner."
"Heh???" Kuroshi's eyes went wide and the the girl smacked his face hard, "Urgh!!"
"The mission is easy. It is to recover the gold in the stolen gold mine in one of the village about…" she tilted her head, "…ten miles away?"
"WHAT?!!!" Kuroshi had yelled when he heard what they were supposed to do.
"Shhhh…" Daisuke frowned at him.
"I'm not gonna do that!" Kuroshi folded his arms stubbornly and sat down firmly on a wooden chair.
The beautiful girl positioned herself in front of him. Her head tilted and Daisuke was giving the impatient looking face. She sat on the chair next to his.
"Kuroshi… Maybe you could be more accomodating now…" she sighed, "You see…" she drew out her long sword. It came out with a sharp piercing sound and glinted painfully in the sun, "This is a gift from the principle of the school. I was waited to have a go with this treasure..." She touched his neck with it.
Kuroshi shivered as he felt the cold metal slid along his flesh, "Hmph!" he muttered, "Fine. I'll do it."
Daisuke was amused at how this girl exerted her authority, "That's great now, Kuroshi."
"What's so great about this dangerous mission?!" Kuroshi cried, "You moron!!"
The girl gave a satisfied smile, "Alright, since both of you willingly accepted this mission, and I'll assume that each of you will be responsible for your own lives."She stated in a matter-of-factly tone.
"Hey!" Kuroshi shook his fist at her angrily while Daisuke laughed it off.
"I do know that the mission is going to start at the beginning of next week. Therefore, try to enjoy your lives as much as possible." She smiled in the direction of Kuroshi. The opening of his throat involuntarily squenched up and he choked. Daisuke grinned at the both of them. Now this is getting interesting…
Back at the classroom…
"Hey you!!" Kuroshi glared at Daisuke, "You should have said something just now!!!"
"What? I found this mission thingy interesting." He mused.
"Interesting my foot!! Now we're gonna risk our lives for nothing!!"
"It's an activity from the club we joined." Daisuke had a look unpredictable on his face.
"If I knew, I wouldn't have joined or even enter! No wonder it's hidden!!"
Daisuke grinned, "We've becomed secret agents now ~"
Kuroshi glared again, "Stop that happy tone of yours!!"
"Isn't she beautiful?" Daisuke suddenly queeried.
Kuroshi was about to argue another of his points when he paused to think about it, "She's beautiful, but deadly…"
"I don't know why, but I feel strange when she's around… Don't you?" Daisuke turned to fix his eyes at him.
Kuroshi stared into blacnk space for awhile before answering, "She might not be human after all…"
"Oh she is. Definitely…"
The conversation stopped and both were concentration on the lesson when the door burst opened. Everyone's heads turned to look at the door. A small figure came from behind the door and held up a piece of paper to the teacher. Questions flooded the minds of everyone…and after awhile, the teacher got up and cleared his throat.
"Mikuriya and Tadahiro. You're requested from the martial arts club for duty."
"Ehhh???" the class went, "Activities during class periods?? Not fair!!"
Daisuke had an apolegetic look on his face as he and Kuroshi asked for permission to be excused.
"Yes, but I would want the two essays handed up and do a report on today's lesson too." The teacher replied.
"What? Extra work?!"
"I've to make sure you both don't fall back."
They cursed under their breaths as the small figure led them out. It showed them a map, "Look. Follow this map till this marked point here. You'll find her."
Kuroshi rolled his eyes, "Who's the 'her'??"
Daisuke stepped onto his foot, "The girl, you moron."
The small figure laughed, "Mistress Yume is undoubtly of powerful authority which no one disobeys."
"Yume eh?" Kuroshi said, a smirk on his face, "I'm so gonna thrash that girl!" he punched the air.
"How rude. It's only because you're good in martial arts that the Mistress picked you as one of the special people." The small figure mocked, "Usually she pick the ones including perfect manners like your friend here."
"Why you!!" Kuroshi started but Daisuke stopped him shortly, "Shh!" and he turned to the small firgure, "You said we're the special people? How so?"
The small figure laughed, "You're the inquisitive one. Well, this club has to have its cover. On the outside, we keep students practising and training in martial arts. On the inside, we get the elites, like you, to do the chores of Mistress Yume."
"Wow. We're special." Kuroshi gave asacarstic smile to Daisuke.
"Whatever." He rolled his eyes as a reply and turned to the small figure, "So do we go now?"
"Yes. You should head off now." The small figure grinned, "You might need extra time to find your way to the destination. Also, the Mistress doesn't like people who're late." She took a step back and bowed, "Right, I'll be off now!" and she scurried off.
"Oi!! What the crap?! Is she like some princess?" Kuroshi bellowed after the small figure, shaking his fist angrily.
Daisuke heaved a sigh and decided to study the map before they make their move. Here's the appointed destination, X. I will have to make a left turn here, move on for about another ten metres before making a turn at another corner…
"Oi! Whadda ya doing, ya moron?" Kuroshi snorted.
"Nothing…" Daisuke muttered, rolling his eyes and carried on reading the map.
Kuroshi glared, "You pest."
"Now, that's my line." Daisuke shook his head.
"Are we moving or not?" Kuroshi began to sound impatient.
"Do you know the way or not?" Daisuke finally looked up from the map and stared at him.
"What the hell! Think you're so smart, are you?!"
Daisuke kept silent and went on ahead. Kuroshi was left cursing audibly as they made their way to the destination. There was nothing Daisuke can do other than to just ignore him and that was exactly what he did all the way, for a whole two hours!
"I hate you." Kuroshi mumbled and glared at Daisuke again, "You're a moron."
"Whatever, Kuroshi, look our destination is just right in front of us. I'll be going ahead if you're gonna carrying on whining."
'Damn you." Kuroshi made his way quietly behind Daisuke.
"I trust you'll know what does cover means?" Daisuke said without turning his head.
Kuroshi snorted for a 'yes' and Daisuke grinned. Now, time for some fun…
"We've reached." He said softly to Kuroshi.
Kuroshi immediately opened his mouth, "We're here, Yume!! Show yourself, you crazy loon!"
"Here lies your mission... Ahead of you…" a sweet voice floated towards them dreamily.
Daisuke stayed still while Kuroshi kept spinning around, trying to find where Yume was. He felt like slapping a hand to his forehead at Kuroshi's stupidity at times like this.
"Show us the mission, Nakamoto Yume." Daisuke said quietly, "Tell us what to do."
There was a pause and then she stepped out from the shadows smoothly like from the previous time, "Greetings, warriors. I must say this," her voice softened, "Please do not treat me as your enemy…" and then she increased her volume again, "Once we reach the next destination, will I shall reveal the target for this mission, for fear of cowardice." She glanced at Kuroshi who froze, "Let's get on."
She turned her back to them, her hair swished with a portrait of elegance. Daisuke felt his heart skip a beat for a second or two. Kuroshi's complains were oblivous to him. He shook his head roughly. No, I must be thinking too much!
"You kinda need to quicken your pace. We are left with little time." Yume said to a dreamy Daisuke who gagged upon hearing her words.
"Y-yeah… My apologies, Mistress Nakamoto." He felt his face turning red and bit his lip.
"Here's our transport. This hovercraft." She pointed up ahead, "Once we settle down, we'll begin our journey…"