The police siren was widely heard and the once isolated factory was flooded by people living nearby. The culprit was already caught and he will temporarily be put to jail until the trial starts. His name is Hozuki Suigetsu and he will be charged with kidnapping. He might stay in jail for 10-25 years depending on the judge's decision.
"Mother! Father!" the young lady ran to both her parents and embraced them.
"Oh, Meiru!" her mother was crying.
"Don't ever go with a stranger ever again." Her father said, both delighted and worried.
They finally let go and the chief approached the girl's parents. They started talking about grown-up matters so she looked the other way and unexpectedly saw the young lad who saved her life. He was talking to a really tall woman but she could hear what they were chatting about.
"So you were the one who called us?" a woman wearing a police uniform asked.
The red-haired child nodded and kept silent.
"Do you have any relation to the white-haired man over there?" the woman said pointing at the kidnapper.
"He's my dad.." he replied in a very low tone.
"I see." The lady was surprised by the child's reply.
"Do you have a place to go?" she leaned down and put her hands on the boy's shoulders.
"I don't."
"How about your mom? Other relatives?"
"Don't have any."
"I guess you'll have to come with us then."
"Fi..."
Before the boy could finish what he was about to say, the little girl intervened.
"No! He's coming with me." She shouted.
"What?" his father was surprised with what her daughter had just said.
He and his wife approached their child.
"But baby, that's the son of the man who kidnapped you." Her mother was trying to convince her.
"No! He saved my life! He was the one who called the police! He was the one who untied me and was brave enough to go inside such a dangerous place! I bet you and dad didn't even know that I was missing if the police hadn't called! You're always too busy!" She yelled as loud as she can.
"Yoshino, take her by force." Her father ordered their butler.
"If you take me by force, I won't eat. I won't even study. I won't do anything that you tell me too unless you bring him with us." She said with such force.
"Fine." His father replied.
The girl's angry and frustrated face was lightened up. She held the boy's hand and smiled at him.
"Thanks for saving me!" she said to him.
The boy just nodded and still kept silent.
After about an hour and a half, they were finally there. They entered the house and headed for the girl's residence. The butler introduced the guest to his room but the young mistress asked him to bring the boy to her room so they could talk.
"Thanks for saving me, again!" the girl said.
"It's nothing."
"By the way, my name is Akimoto Meiru. And you are?"
"Hozuki Kazemaru."
"That's a nice name."
"Why did you take me here?"
"What do you mean? You don't have anywhere to go, right? That's why I took you in."
"But you're father will probably leave me in the streets after a few months."
"I know that so before he does..."
"Before he does, what?" he cut her off.
"Before he does, what do you want to be in the future?"
"Me? Nothing, really."
"You must have a dream or something."
"One."
"What is it?"
"I wanted to prove my father wrong with something he concluded."
"And what's that?"
"In this world of ours, the rich become richer and the poor become poorer."
"Alright! I'll help you with that!" the girl smiled and dragged Kazemaru to her father. Meiru ran, together with Kazemaru, and she opened the door to her father's room.
"Wha.. What are we doing here?.." Kazemaru didn't know what to do.
"Do you need something, Meiru?" his father asked while looking at some important papers.
"I was wondering. Can Kazemaru be my personal body guard in the future?" she said in a very polite manner.
"Why would you want that? You never liked body guards." his father was curious.
"I don't like them because I don't trust and know them but I know Kazemaru. " she said with a smile.
"What if I say no?" his father threw another question at her.
"Then, it'll be a really hard job to find a body guard that I would accept."
"Fine. Kazemaru, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"You'll be studying in the same school as my daughter. I expect you to protect her at all times. You will also learn different ways to protect her. You'll be training to be her body guard in the near future, understood?"
"Understood, sir."
"Good."
The two children left the room, the girl being extremely delighted and the boy feeling a lot of stress.