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Chapter 5: Brianna the Witch
"Justin Law, so you eventually came..."
The girl stood right in front of Justin, Giriko and Kate. She grinned like a hyena and started to laugh. "Don't you remember me, Justin Law?"
The priest stared at the mysterious girl for a minute before he remembered where he had seen the girl before. "You're the delivery girl from the Italian restaurant..." he whispered. "What do you want?" he asked.
The girl didn't reply. She walked closer to them and grabbed Giriko's collar. "Hmm... You don't remember me too, Giriko?" she asked. "Nope," he answered. "I don't remember you. Are you a hooker? 'Cuz if you are, then maybe I was drunk when I met you," he grinned. The girl let go of Giriko's collar and approached Kate. "I see…" she muttered.
"Perhaps I should introduce myself. My name is Brianna, and I've been watching you, Justin Law, for quite a long time. I want to make a deal with you. A great deal that might change your life forever..." She walked slowly around Giriko, Justin and Kate as she spoke. "You've been living alone for too long, Justin. You need a companion. I can be your companion. We can be your companion..."
"Hey, stop speaking nonsense. What do you mean by 'companion'? And who the hell do you mean by 'we'?" Giriko asked. Again, Brianna didn't reply. "Tch, rude bitch…" he mumbled.
Meanwhile, Justin was frozen. He could barely breath, and he couldn't move his body. What's going on? Am I being hypnotized? He thought.
Justin's leg felt numb, and he fell to the ground. Giriko and Kate realized that, but somehow they couldn't move to help him. Brianna kept on speaking and walking around the trio. Her voice went softer and softer. Giriko's mind became blank in all of a sudden, and his body felt unusually light. Giriko knew that Brianna was using a very powerful magic to them, but it was too strong for him to fight. He lost his consciousness and fell to the ground, right beside Justin.
"Sir, are you okay?"
"What happened to you?"
"Hey, look! The other guy is waking up…"
The noise from the crowd that gathered around him woke Justin up. He looked around goofily. He realized that he was lying on the floor. He got up and spotted Giriko in the distance, surrounded by a few people. "Giriko? But where's Kate?" he asked. Two girls approached him and greeted him. "Justin-san!" they said. They were Kim and her partner Jacqueline. "Kim, Jackie, what are you doing here?" he asked. "Shinigami-sama sent us here," Kim answered. " I have to find traces of unusual magic here. He didn't tell me why, but hey, orders are orders."
Justin nodded. So that weird girl Brianna WAS a witch! Shinigami-sama must've found out, and now he's looking for her, so he ordered Kim and Jackie to come here… The question is, what happened to Kate? Did Brianna took her?
While the priest was thinking, Giriko walked around the gift shop and stepped on a weird looking thing. It looked like a thorn, but it was unusually thick. "Dafuq is this?" he mumbled as he picked the thorn-like thingy. He looked closer to the thorn and found a very tiny – almost invisible – symbol printed on it, an Arachnophobia symbol.
Giriko's heart pounded wildly as he began to put the pieces together. "Oh shit, oh shit… That bitch… That motherfucking gothic whore… That wicked witch… Is my replacement?"
Meanwhile, in Baba Yaga Castle, Brianna was walking through an empty hallway. She was dragging an enormous duffel bag. She continued walking until she reached a dead end. The girl pulled out a small book from her pocket. She browsed through the pages and found a spell. Brianna touched the wall and whispered the spell carefully, and a small gate appeared. She entered the gate, which closed itself after she entered.
Beyond the gate was a concealed prison, guarded by a few masked wardens. "Welcome back, Brianna-sama," the tallest one greeted. Brianna smiled and handed the duffel bag. "Find a place for this thing," she ordered, "And make sure that it suffers there."
"Of course, ma'am," the tall warden replied. The wicked witch turned around and started to laugh. She recited the spell once more and walked out of the prison.
The tall warden opened the duffel bag that Brianna gave him. "Oh my, no wonder it's so heavy," he muttered. He had found a girl inside the bag. "But she's so hot… Maybe I can have fun with her…"
Justin and Giriko lay down in Justin's bed. "I still can't believe that Brianna took Kate," Justin sobbed. "I mean, really, she- she's innocent! And I dragged her into this! Why did that witch take her? Why didn't she take me instead?"
Giriko moved closer to the crying boy and wrapped his arms around him (although it made Giriko felt uncomfortable). "Stop crying," he grunted. "It makes you sound like a whiny little kid! Besides, I'm sure that your great Shinigami and his buddies in Shibusen would help you!"
Justin pouted and wiped his eyes. "You're so insensitive! God, why did I cry beside him in the first place! And why did I even cry?" Justin mumbled to himself. Giriko rolled his eyes and turned off the lamp. Why do I have to keep up with this whiny priest? He thought. Then he immediately fell asleep.
"That heretic, you didn't even pray!" Justin scolded. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath in. His chest ached on every single breath, and his body still felt weird. He opened his eyes and re-thought about that day.
The day had been a pretty rough day for Justin. Justin was not used to defeat or failure, and when he did, his usual calm personality would be ruined. This time his mood was completely destroyed, and he felt like destroying things and crying out loud to relieve himself. Suddenly he remembered what Shinigami-sama once said to him after a terrible failure,
"Failure isn't the end of everything, Justin. Have you forgotten that what didn't kill you will make you stronger? Have you forgotten that nobody is perfect? Nobody can be successful all the time, but one that can rebuild himself after a failure will gain success for sure. Just calm down, keep focus, and start rebuilding yourself."
Justin smiled upon remembering those words. Those words was cheesy and not very special, but Shinigami-sama said those words, and that was enough to motivate Justin. He promised himself that he would rebuild himself and make things right. After a brief prayer, he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
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