Chapter 11- Memories Unfolded and Love Struck Fool

Soryu's POV.

I looked at her as the memories passed through my head like a massive waterfall. They all came pouring into my mind and played like some movie scene right before my eyes, as they join the pool of the forgotten memories. It's not like I had forgotten her, no, but it's more like I lost almost all other precious memories I had with her.

I was just barely 16 years old and very reckless but not a complete idiot luckily, but still a love-struck one at some point. I remembered her face so beautifully shaped as her eyes turned crystal like in the moonlight and the stars all smiled brightly at her as her eyes did to them. The first time I saw her I was paralyzed in my step, I couldn't feel anything besides my pounding heart in my chest and ears as my eyes saw nothing more than her and her alone.

I remember when her eyes meet mine, she looked panicked and horrified. I was so confused not understanding what may have been the cause of that. I mean no one but my grandfather and I, along with some body guards that are almost always around my grandfather are here. There was no way she or anyone could know that the mafia family called the Ice Dragons is here. Not knowing what to do, I just stood there watching her as she ran toward me at full speed with an anxious and panicked look on her face.

She looked so beautiful that I forgot the surroundings around me I was dazzled by her. As she got closer I opened my arms waiting for her to fall into my arms and I protect her till the ends of time itself. As she got closer and closer my eyes closed as my mouth slowly opening into a smile. Then I felt her body hustle mine into the hard concrete floor. It was then I noticed that we had just narrowly missed the honking truck.

"HONK! HONK! ...HOOOONK! HOONNNKKK!...!"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING KID! YOU CRAZY?! WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED WITH MY CAR?!... DUMB STUPID KID! GET A LIFE WOULD YA! YOU ALMOST GOT ME ARRESTED FOR YOUR STUPIDITY MORON!"

A man who was driving the white delivery truck that almost hit me yelled at us outraged. He was yelling and spitting at the same time,... it looked gross especially since he had some REALLY yellow teeth, that were half broken. Aaaannd, it didn't mix well with his grumpy old face that needs a shave...an EXTREMELY needed shave. And maybe a long one too because the razors might break by how thick the hair looked and I was standing 15 feet away and I already felt pity for those poor razors. As if he could tell what I was thinking he jumped out of the truck, slamming the door in the process and glared at me with an angry pout as he crossed his hairy buffy arms... Let's just say that was not a pretty sight to see...*shivers* I couldn't tell what was bigger his beard or his dry plumped lips. Okay yeah obliviously the beard who'd win but no worries! His attitude came to his rescue!

"What'cha lookin at kid? See something you like?" He said with this sleazy smile as his pitch black eyes looked at me with a greed filled gaze now forgotten about the incident that just happened moments ago. I just looked at him disgusted and creep-ed out by his gaze as he bloomed out a loud raspy laugh that soon stopped short when his landed eyes landed on my girl who was sitting next to me looking scared as hell. "...HAHAHA! ...Well kid you might not see something you like but I did... Something I like VERY much, especially when I prefer them young, innocent, and a beauty just for me Hehehehee." He said in a deep lust filled tone as his eyes ranked all over her body as his eyes glimmered in happiness, awareness, and possibilities that made my stomach turn in unease.

"...Hey, get up slowly and stay behind me, when I tell you to run you start running okay?" I whispered to the little girl that was a few years younger than me but oh so beautiful.

"Ummm ...Okay" She whispered back in a small voice filled with fear and confusion, as she slowly stood up and I with her gently pushing her behind me so she is out of sight of the sleazy old man.

"Awwww, cute little couples just make me so sick, and you just can't help but adore there little innocence, so naive so, so...disgusting." The old man said as his face twisted into complete disgust and his eyes held mockery and hate as he looked at us, or well mostly me as he turned his head toward the right spitted his additional saliva not moving an eye away from us.

I looked around for somebody but there was no one. It was a very small town and almost everyone in this town needed to work a little outside of the town where there were some companies. The town itself survives on those companies to survive. People were starving and there wasn't much employment in this town. And the cities were miles away and gas was always expensive so not a lot were able to go to the city, so they just lived here. This was my grandfather's hometown and this is the reason why we came here today and maybe for a few days to work on the employment and farming. And with farming comes marketing and thus growing into a company that would benefit the town, city, and the Ice Dragons.

I wondered off to take a look at town where my grandfather grew up in. I was very curious about my fatherly figure and teacher, to which he was more than delighted to agree. Obviously he couldn't come so I wandered off on my own making sure to not forget my way back. Then I meet this girl who was so much younger than me maybe about 5 to 6 years younger but, I couldn't help but fall in lo-...my heart started pounding in my chest and I looked back to make sure she couldn't hear it. *Sigh* Okay safe, she didn't seem to notice. I looked back at the stocky sleazebag as he grinned at my girl over my shoulder, to which she hid her face even more into. Any other day I would have been happy like that she did this,... like when I was about to be run over by this douchebag now trying to make a move on my baby girl. Oh hell no, not on my watch... I saw her first you know. And even if you did I'd take her from you greasy old hands you creep.

"Come on girly, I don't bite. You can come out of your hiding place now." The said douche coaxed her with a sweetly sick smile on his face as it scrunched up into what I'd think looked more like an infected rat. And I am sooo glad to say she just clenched the back of my shirt tighter, and pushed her face deeper into my back as I felt her shiver in fear as the wind blew straight into our bodies, and instead of being cold it made the atmosphere even tenser than it already was. Thinking that we weren't looking the man slowly pulled is hand near his back pocket, but he reached upper than that.

"...What's your name love?" I asked mentally beating myself for losing my gun in the little job we had to take care of on our way here... That was a close one if it wasn't for my grandfather I'd be dead right now.

"Ah...um...Serena." She said in this small voice that I barely heard her as I felt the part where she was pressing her face into my back go a little warm. She had a beautiful name and it seemed to have fit her perfectly, but the warmness on my back. Was she blushing? Why was she blushing I only asked her, her name right? Before I could think back the sleazy old man that might be near his 50's took a step toward us.

I quickly took her small wrist in my large palm and seized it as gently as I could. "Okay Serena when I say run we both start running okay?" As soon as I felt her nod I told her to start running.

"HEY WAIT! COME BACK HERE YOU BRATS! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO YOUR DEALING WITH?! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO REGRET THIS COME BACK NOW! OR I PROMISE YOU THAT YOU WILL REGRET THIS! HAHAHAH!" He yelled in slight excitement and outrage once again as a gun shot rang in the air. Just as I thought when he was reaching into his belt loop when he hid his gun. From the start, I thought his face looked familiar, but I couldn't pin point where I've seen him. I still can't, but I think I have an idea where he might be from and who he is and he just might be the guy that stole from us Ice Dragons.

Another gun shot rang out and I grabbed Serena and pulled her into my arms and started running faster than before as she wrapped her arms around my neck, as I just narrowly missed another bullet.

"BRAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH ME! I'M KNOWN FOR SPEED AND BLOOD AND BLOOD AND BLOOD AND BLOOD AND BLOOD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAH AND BLOOD BEAUTIFUL RED BLOOOOOOOD! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!... AAAH! AND RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT! RIGHT!? HAHAHA! HAHA SO YOU BETTER GET YOUR ASS HERE RIGHT NOW BEFORE I SHOT YOUR BRAINS OUT AHHAHAHAHA!"

Yup that's him alright. John Marker, age 57 and no family, he killed them all in his blood lust. He originally came from the Red Seas family but then started working on transferring guns and drugs for other mafia families. He and a few others were supposed to deliver 500 thousand guns to the Ice Dragons three days ago, but we never got the delivery. Two days ago we found that the others with him were brutally murdered and dumped near a children's toys store. Luckily we found them before the city woke and caused a commotion, and got the police involved. He always loved to kill, to torture, to see suffering, and he was IN LOVE with causing it.

He went insane for his beloved blood lust and was smart about it and good in hiding it also, until you gave him a chase that is. And that's what I'm doing. I will lead him to where my grandfather is now, making sure that he hears all the gun shots and John bound to have a lot of guns stashed up somewhere. Just as I thought that the bullet glazed my right arm and I faltered for a moment before I was able to regain myself and push myself to run even faster.

"WAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! LOOK AT YOU SQUIRM! HAHAHA! I LOVE IT! MORE PLEASE! MORE! HAHAHA!...heheheheheheh...HAHAHAH! He yelled and laughed out loud in pleasure and approval. I looked back only to see a crazed look in his eyes and excitement and blood lust just dripping from his face, as he took out another gun and began shooting them both wildly, half aiming and half wherever the bullets may hit and sadly, there were all near me since we were dashing through a very narrow ally. But luckily we were just a few more feet away from getting out of the ally.

"HAHAHA! IF YOU THINK YOU COULD GET AWAY BRAT YOU ARE WRONG SON! AAAAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!" Just as he almost caught up to me I sharply threw my body toward the left when we finally reached the exit of the ally and scrapped my shoulders and back from the brick walls in the process making. All the while I was making sure I didn't drop Serena as I landed on my side putting a lot of force on my left arm. Not three seconds later he also came out of the dark alley with a sick grin on his face only to stop short.

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"Well if it isn't John Marker our dear, dear beloved friend." My grandfather said with a happy yet a low threatening tone as he glared at the crazy old sleazebag, his eyes promising death and his smile promising the enjoyment in doing so.