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Chapter 13-Knowing the stranger

Ji had sent Mia and Kevin to Kagoshima and had called Antonio back. Though Antonio argued in the beginning that he didn't want to come and stay there only to investigate about Mike, Ji somehow persuaded him to come back. Ji informed Jayden too and although the plan wasn't considered as superb by Jayden but still the emergency of the situation made him give his approval. Mia and Kevin were staying in the same hotel where initially Mike and Emily were staying. They all have mutually decided that they would not try to contact Emily, no matter how much they wanted. Ji told them that she was strong enough to tackle some problems by herself, after all she too was a samurai and she was also sensible enough to contact them on her own if she faces some big danger or the situation leaves her hand. Though it was quite shocking for all of them when Jayden too agreed to this. They were somewhere expecting him to protest or him saying that he would go after her but he just said that it's fine if Emily wanted to go on a solo mission and they should not worry much.

Emily, didn't know why, somehow trusted the person she had met or to be particular she had trusted Austin for that matter. He even showed her some ancient Samurai related texts she had once heard of from Jayden's mouth and had not expected to find them even with Ji. But whenever Emily thought of Jayden, her mind wanders off to another world. She just think of Jayden's reaction if he becomes aware that she has told a stranger all details of her solo mission when she was not ready to tell her teammates any part of it.

Austin listened to the whole situation as narrated by Emily once she got settled down beside him. They were in the same location where Emily had come and she, after trusting him, told him everything starting from why they decided to come to Kagoshima at the first place and why she was here out for a solo mission. Emily was impressed by how much attention Austin gave her while listening to whatever she was saying. Emily smiled looking downwards and a single tear escaped her eye when she was finished telling him all the details.

Austin cleared the tear with his thumb softly and put a comforting hand on her shoulder before saying, "It's going to be okay!"

"I know", said Emily again looking at him in his eyes. There was something about his eyes, some strange thing which Emily could not understand. Everything about his eyes drew her in and she could not resist but get lost in them each time her hazels met his green eyes.

The man let her go and rested his head on the tree behind him while a playful grin formed on his lips and Emily looked at him confused.

"What?" , she asked.

He let out a laugh and then turned around to face her before saying, "So basically you are here to rescue the person you love"

And Emily's eyes went wide while she said, "I don't love Mike"

"Oh yes you do", he said shrugging, "why else will you come here all alone to rescue him? For all I know, you Samurais always work in team"

"It's not like that", Emily replied as a blush swept across her cheeks.

"See, you are blushing", he said gesturing to her cheeks.

"Listen, I don't know if I like him or not, but definitely I don't love him like that and my coming here to rescue him doesn't indicate that I love him, I am a samurai for crying out loud"

Austin nodded and then said, "So, hypothetically, if Jayden was in place of Mike, would you have come all alone to rescue him as well?"

Emily grew silent. She never thought of it. Had her reaction been the same if someone else would have been in Mike's place. Well in case of Antonio, she knew that Jayden would himself have come running to rescue him and she would have volunteered too because he was her brother, well more than a brother. And in case of Mia or Kevin, she would not hesitate a bit to help them as well. But in case of Jayden, would she have gone on a solo mission to rescue him? She wasn't sure because he is the leader and Ji, at any cost would not have let her come alone. And though she felt a lot of things for him, she would have given her life to save him but Jayden would never like her doing this type of thing. And as far as the Jayden she knows is concerned, if this all Samurai stuff would have been his solo responsibility, then he would have locked up Emily in a safe to keep her out of danger. But Mike understands her concerns as well. It would not bother Mike if Emily even tries to save him all on her own. Does this imply that she likes Mike? Maybe, just maybe.

"Um…I don't know", she finally replied and Austin's face fell.

"See, you like him", he said finally smiling in her direction.

"But it's not that I thought about it before coming here. I don't know why I took up the task of saving him alone, I just have always enjoyed his company and I know that he had tried to show me warmth and compassion on many occasions but I never worked on my feeling for him. Maybe I like him just because he is stuck in this horrible situation. Or…um…maybe the feelings are surfacing out of care which I am not able to differentiate… anyways...I don't care about it right now…all I want is Mike to be safe", Emily said confused.

"Alright, it's okay", said Austin.

"So, it was nice talking to you Austin, thanks for understanding but I guess I need to continue what I have started", Emily said getting up and holding her backpack.

"I can help you if you want", said Austin.

"Sorry?", Emily turned around to check if what she heard was true or not. A man she had known for just hours was ready to help her? Why?

"I said that I can help you if you allow", Austin said while getting up and rubbing his clothes to remove the grass and leaves stuck to them.

"Well…I don't know…It's not safe", Emily replied though she knew that some help will be good but she can't ask a man who she had known for less than a day for help. What is he gonna gain anyways and his life would be in danger.

"Oh come on, my father had worked for the Samurais, I left the work because the base shifted to Panorama City and I thought of studying further since the base here was no longer active. I know a lot of things about samurai culture and I can surely help, and as far as danger is considered you are with me, how can I be not safe?", he said sending a smile in her direction.

Emily too smiled looking at him. She thought for a minute and then replied softly, "Okay then, hurry!"

"Yes!", he said and followed her.

"By the way…where do you intend to spend the night?", he asked and Emily shot him a glare before cracking into laughter as their voices faded into the forest.

"Anywhere in the forest, my element in Earth, I can sleep on it", she said shrugging and they continued walking as their voices faded in the north direction.

A pair of red eyes watched them as their figures grew faint and blurry when they were far away into the woods. An evil grin formed on the face watching them as he said, "There she is!"

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