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Chapter 2

Revenge

The next week before school, Anna sat down on the bed. She was holding a knife, wondering if she should avenge her mother and maybe taking Seiji with her. She turned to Seiji shaking her head thinking it would be too dangerous to take him, she headed for the door. She dashed out as soon as Seiji stopped crying. He realized where she was going and chased after her. They ran all the way to the start of the trail leading to their grandpa's house, "Anna! Don't! I'll lose you too! I don't want to lose you!" the burst into tears.

She looked at him sternly, "I must avenge mom! She'll want me to."

Seiji shook his head, "No, she'll want you to be safe!"

Anna looked more angry and glared, "Then I'll take the risk of being hurt! For mom! Seiji, don't worry. Even if I'm gone, we'll see each other, no matter how long! I promise!" with that settled, she hugged him and ran off. She stopped and turns to his direction her face softened, "Don't be a crybaby anymore! Be a big boy, like how I'm a big girl!" Then went off to complete her task.

Seiji only decided to sniff and stop crying. He was going to be tough and not cry. He wanted his mom to see he was not afraid anymore, and become a big boy. He looked at the sky and said, "Hey, mom. I'm not a crybaby anymore. I'm a big boy like you wanted!" He walked over to the grave and sat down next to it.

"Hi mommy, how are you today?"

"Seiji, why must you leave the house?" said his father, Eric. "You had me worried. Oh well, did you come to see your mother again?" then sat down next to him.

"Yeah, she's happy that I'm a big boy. I won't cry anymore."

Eric smiled at his confidence. It made him smile knowing his son will be tough just like Anna. "Where's Anna?"

Seiji suddenly had a pit in his stomach, "I'm hungry, let's eat!" quickly changing the subject.

Eric raised an eyebrow, "Oh I see, let's eat, with Anna." he stared down at his son, "Now answer me! Where is Anna?"

"Maybe she's hiding, for uh. Hide and Seek!" he was losing the argument.

"Seiji, I will not repeat myself. Where is Anna?"

Seiji suddenly spilled the beans in a quick confession, "She went to avenge mom!" then covered his mouth. Uh oh! He looked at his father whose face was at shock.

"Why didn't you stop her!" he asked angrily. He was fuming with anger turning his face bright red.

"She wanted to go alone. She promised, she never breaks promises." he stepped back to the grave in fear of what his father would do to him. Because of Amber, Eric wasn't allowed to use corporal punishment on the children. But now that Amber was dead...

Eric sighed heavily, "So you let her go? You IDIOT!" then slapped the back of his head. Seiji's bottom lip quivered but didn't cry. Seiji only ran away to his house and closed the door to his room with a slam. He lay in his bed on his stomach, still not crying. He was having a hard time not crying, his dad's blow had hurt and it still stung.

"Why is dad so mean? She promised she'd come back." a grim look came upon the child's face. "Well, maybe I'll follow her and leave home. Dad doesn't seem to like me anymore." Seiji grabbed the widow edge and jumped out the window, but not before packing a backpack full of homemade supplies.

He ran to the trail leading the beach. He picked up some pieces of wood and started to make a boat. He had quite a fun time building the bout, which he made out of pieces of wood he found on the beach. The raft turned out terrible and Seiji could barely float off the water.

"Hey, sunny. Need some help with that?" asked a life guard, "I'll let you ride in my boat if ya want." he offered the boy with the deal and Seiji accepted it. They hopped on the boat and sailed off. Seiji sat down looking at the ocean as a precious memory came in mind.

Amber sat in the boat with her two children. It was her birthday and they decided to take a boat ride at sunset. Her long black hair moved rapidly with the wind and smiled at the ocean.

Anna looked up from the boat in set the signal for Seiji to bring the bag. Amber asked, "What are you doing with that bag?"

"Shh! It's a surprise!" was all they said before a massive amount of roses flew into the air. Amber looked with happiness and a few tears slipped past her eyes as the roses were raining.

"That's so sweet! I'll never, ever want to leave you two!" she hugged them. When the hug ended, they started to collect the roses. They left some of roses on the ocean with the beautiful sunset.

It was the perfect painting; a mother and children sitting in a bout at sunset, with roses in the water and sky.

He sighed as the memories passed by. The life guard noticed his sadness, "What's wrong, sunny? Miss your mom?"

"Yeah, and my sister." he didn't turn his direction.

"You poor kid, must be having a rough time, huh?" he realize he wasn't helping and stopped talking. It took a while but they finally made it to Mango Bay Village. "Hope this is where our stopping."

Seiji jumped off the boat and thanked him, "Thank you, sir."

"No need to thank me, I'll be on my way."

Seiji turned to stop him to go back home, but remembered how his father was.

Eric sighed heavily, "So you let her go? You IDIOT!" then slapped the back of his head.

He glared at the bitter memory, "Dad." He walked into the village and saw his friend, Samantha. She had blonde hair to her shoulders and was wearing a short kimono.

"Ah, Seiji. Nice to see you again! I am most sorry for your loss. But, she is now in a better place." Samantha just happens to be seven years old and could speak more properly than Seiji. "Seiji, you have not come with your sister, Anna. Where could she be?"

"Well, Sam, I just happen to be looking for her. I need some supplies and I can hang out with you." Samantha nodded and motioned Seiji to come. They walked into the bungalow to gather some supplies for his journey. Samantha could tell that Seiji was worried about Anna being lost or hurt.

"Don't worry, Seiji. I'm sure she's fine. I mean, this is Annawe're talking about. Of course she's fine. Even though she is reckless, we must hurry and gather supplies. Anna may not be strong enough to fight whoever killed your mother." Samantha packed their bags with an amount of potions and antidotes.

"What's with the antidotes?"

Samantha had a smirk, "I heard that these cure snake bites, and I really don't know how, but, I'm making sure they work… on you."

"What?! Why me!?"

"Hey, I was just kidding! Loosen up a bit!"

He looked at her with a glare, "Come on. Let's go." She and Samantha walked out the door. "But hey. Are you sure you want to be walking around in a kimono?"

"I'm fine." Samantha answered.

Anna explored the trail; she was tired and wished her mom never died. But Anna was willing to die, than have Amber not avenged. She was going to kill them. Anna continued to walk around until she saw a piece of cloth on a tree, the same color as Amber's shirt. It was a huge piece of her shirt. Anna looked at it with sadness, but decided to tie it around her waist. That was her mom's memento.

On the way the home, Amber looked at a tree, "Seiji, Anna. Come here." the two children halted and obeyed. "This is the tree that your great grandmother was buried. She was in a war from the army and won, but lost her life. All that was left of her was a piece of her shirt." Seiji wondered why they stopped to talk about a tree, but Anna, however, was interested in this conversation. "If I die, bury me with my grandmother. Proving we will be together."

"Sure thing, mom." Anna said. She thought it was sweet that her mother wanted to be with her grandmother. But Seiji was disgusted making a sour face at the thought. But seeing how it made his mother happy made him feel he shouldn't state his opinion. If it made her happy.

As Anna remembered the small memory, she almost wanted to turn back and ask them to bury her here, but she had to make sure that those people will not kill anyone's mother. She continued the path to where she was killed. There was still blood on the ground and Anna started to tremble uncontrollably in fear. Anna was scared stiff. She looked only to find a figure of a man.

"I was hoping someone was willing to avenge her." you could see his bright smile widen, "But you came oh so quickly." He was talking in a Swedish accent, which sounded terrifying. "I never thought that a little weakling was going to avenge her death."

Anna shot him with a glare, "I am not a weakening, sir! Are you the one who kill her?" her fist was balled up holding a small bomb in her hand. The other hand held a knife she was flashing off, proving she was not afraid of him.

He scoffed at her threat, "Well well, someone's got attitude. You need to be taught a lesson, by me." He took a step towards her.

At that moment, Anna tossed the bomb at him, "Think fast!" she cried. It exploded causing a loud rumble and a lot of smoke. She coughed, completely losing her guard. The Swedish man snuck up behind her grabbing her waist and lifting her up.

"Now you really need to be taught!"

Still struggling to get free of his grip, she responded in a way that he was not pleased with, "None of your business, murderer! I hate you!" She kicked his knee, and he dropped her. Anna stabbed him in the leg and threw three knives, which landed in his face, leg, and arm. He was wounded slightly, but that knife hit him in the eye. He grinded his teeth in anger.

"Ow! Why you little brat!" The man grabbed her shirt collar, "You ought to know who you're dealing with! You're coming with me, you wretched child!" Anna wasn't scared; she was squirming to get out of his grip. She was kicking and trying to bite his hand to let her go. But sadly, she was stuck.

"Let me go! Let me go!" A light bulb appeared above her head as she thought of an idea. She whistled very loudly, calling for a dragon. The animal did not respond. In panic she whistled again, but the creatures never came.

Oh, where are you?

I am sorry, Anna. We are deeply wounded and cannot come to your rescue, That man has injured me and my children.

Oh no! Will you be okay?

Don't worry. We're going to be fine, just not right now. Please be careful.

"Oh, your friends aren't here to save you? Too bad! You're coming with me, missy!" A big splash of wind showered the two. An unknown ship came, wondering what it was, Anna kept still. A ladder came down and the Swedish man grabbed on to it. Anna had no idea what was going on, but for some reason, she was sleepy with the wind flowing into her face. The man seeing she was asleep, he climbed up the ladder to the door.

"Hey! The boss is back!" announced the soldier. All workmen came to help their boss up.

"Thank you, men. This brat wounded me and thought she could get away with it."

"Oh man, sir! She really busted you up. Come, sir, we should redress those wounds." The man looked at the child, "What should we do with her, boss?"

The man smiled, "What we do with all others, surely she'll be a perfect minion." he handed the child over to the soldiers, "Here, get her off my hands. Put her with the others."

The soldier nodded and walked away with Anna. "Mr. Cire? Do you want to go to the nurse's office to get those redressed?"

"I guess I have no choice but to." he sighed and walked to the nurse's office.

"Sam, hurry up!" yelled Seiji. They were walking to the bay to get another boat ride. Seiji suggested to look on the trail to his grandpa's house, where his mother died, to see if Anna was still there.

"I'm sorry, Seiji! I'm just so hungry!" she whined.

Seiji just sighed, "Here, have my orange." When he handed is out, Samantha snatched it out of his hands and ate it like a pig, "You're welcome."

They continued walking to the beach, Seiji saw seashells which reminded him of Anna and his mom. They always would go to collect seashells, and they would sometimes let him come with them. He just stood there, staring at the shells.

A large breeze came over them, snapping him out of it. "Seiji? What's with the air?" she asked food still in her mouth. They looked up to see a strange whatchamacallit flying above them. "Oh my god! What is that thing?" she cried. A rope fell down with a grinning man staring at them, eyes were red.

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