Karasufurai
Chapter 7: Kotoba
The next morning, the crow is rudely awaken by a face drastically different than the one haunting his sleep.
He glares at Fool, unimpressed by the radiance of his grin.
"C'mon!" he exclaims in excitement, "We're gonna go see Kenma today!" Lowering his voice to what is probably supposed to be a whisper, the Human adds, "Kenma is our technology expert. Noya-sempai says its because he used to play on his phone all the time, and it accepted him as its own kind and gave him all its secrets."
The crow doesn't know who this Noya-sempai is, but he sounds like just as much as an idiot as Fool is. Wonderful.
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He and the Humans, minus Captain, Smile, and Freckles, are just walking out of the shelter when the crow hears the enraged roars of Captain and another Human. He hears them loud and clear, even though he is shoved under his Banner in a bag carried by Timid.
"-LOOK LIKE I CARE ABOUT SOME VOW TO A DEAD TEENAGER?! YOU PEOPLE TOLD ME THE BRAT WAS MUTE! MUTE! IF HE WAS MUTE, WHY COULD WE HEAR HIM SCREAMING?!"
"I TOLD YOU, COMMANDER! JUST BECAUSE HE HAS THE ABILITY TO TALK DOES NOT MEAN HE HAS THE WILL! AND I WILL NOT STAND TO HEAR YOU INSULTING MY TEAM LIKE THAT!"
"YOUR TEAM?! YOUR TEAM?! YOU ARE MERE CHILDREN! JUST BECAUSE YOU PLAYED A BALL GAME WITH EACH OTHER ONCE UPON A TIME, YOU THINK THEY ARE YOURS?! DON'T FORGET, I GAVE YOU BRATS SHELTER! YOU ALL BELONG TO ME! IF HE CAN TALK, THEN HE WILL!"
"HE MADE A PROMISE-"
"AND I TOLD YOU I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THAT PROMISE! HIS FRIEND IS DEAD! HE IS GONE, AND HE ISN'T GOING TO RETURN!"
By now, they have come around the corner. The crow can tell that the Humans have caught sight of the argument by the way the footsteps all stop as one. Pushing his beak through the zipper, the crow makes a hole in the bag big enough to see out of.
The thing shouting at Captain is not a Human.
It is one of the Not-Humans, and as he peers closer, he realizes that the material it is made out of looks... metallic? The Not-Human is also very large, about twice the size of Timid. Its eyes glow an unnatural silver.
Captain is leaning forward slightly, face red with rage as he glares at the Not-Human with his scariest face possible. Behind him cowers Freckles, who looks like he is about to cry. Next to Freckles stands Smile, who has the coldest look on his face the crow has ever seen. Smiles weight is shifted the slightest bit in front of Freckles, as if to protect him.
Captain takes a step forward, and the crow thinks, Fly away.
He takes another step, and the crow frantically uses his beak to push open the zipper more. The rest of the Humans seem frozen in place; by anger of fear, he doesn't know.
Captain takes a final step, and then everything goes completely and utterly wrong.