Chapter 13- Mr. Pea! Hehe! ^.^

Soryu's POV.

This is it! We can just take her to uncle Satoru and he can protect his loved ones, he's wrong! He didn't fail in protecting his loved ones at all. His most important loved one is here and alive!

Without a second thought I turned to my grandfather with excitement clear in my eyes as I sat up straighter in my eagerness. "Grandfather! We must take her to uncle!" But I was greeted with agitation and anger.

"NO WE WILL NOT TAKE HER ANYWHERE SORYU! SHE STAYS HERE...where she belongs." His eyes grew sorrow filled and pained as he looked at her once again, while I sat there in shock and bewilderment. It was the first time my grandfather yelled for any reason... I just sat there in complete silence as we looked away from each other not knowing what to say or do as the horizon began to disappear and the moon rose to the surface.

*Sigh*"You'll understand someday Soryu..." my grandfather's voice became grave as he moved away from the brick wall that he was leaning on. "She'll come with us for now, but she leaves as soon as she wakes up tomorrow. And your uncle will never hear of this nor will anyone understand Soryu?"

I said nothing; couldn't he see the pain in uncles eyes? The longing? It just didn't make sense! If anything she'll be safer with us? This is just too confusing...

"Soryu... understand?" This time the authority became clear in his voice more than ever. I had no choice but to agree. "Good, and remember Soryu. Not. A. Word." And with that he started to walk down the now dark and cold ally which had begun to bleed from Mark's blood... and the path that my father, grandfather and everyone in the mafia family had to take. And now it's my turn to walk down that same path, and as I did, the ally became more blooded and cold than it was before. And it didn't help that I was carrying a young beautiful soul with me, if anything it became darker as a new moon rose to the starless sky.

Young Serena's POV.

...*Yawn* I sat up on the comfy bed I was asleep on and rubbed my fists on my eyes. After I shooed the wet foggy stuff away from my eyes I felt sleepy again and went to lay down on the bed once again...WAIT BED? COMFY? I sat up again and looked around the room. I felt the familiar butterfly's move around in my stomach to my chest really fast again and again. But that only happens when Ms. Mayle is angry and she starts to hurt me. But Ms. Mayle is not here right now but it is dark, and when its dark Ms. Mayle is even more angry and she is always thirsty for her funny smelling water.. thing. Oh no... I hope I didn't make her so mad for her to bring me into this old... place?... Just where am I?... AH! No time to think I need to hurry and get out of here before Ms. Mayle comes to get me again!

I jump down the squeaky old bed that I almost never got to use ever since Ms. Shell's... I mean mommy died... Mommy... I miss mama. I wish she was here with me... GAH! I need to hurry and leave before Ms. Mayle comes back!

I started to run as fast as I can, but the bruise I got on my side stomach from Ms. Mayle kicking me last night and the really bad boo'boo I on my right hip was bothering me. But that's okay! It didn't hurt as much as my stomach and back. So it won't bother me as much, all I need to do is think about going hom- I mean... well kinda home, without getting a new Boo'boo tonight! And that's better than any birthday gift! Yup! In just a few hours I am gonna be 10 years old! Hehe!

Oh there are some stairs... I need to make sure that I am quiet when I walk down those stairs, cause it looks like it'll make a lot of loud squeaky sounds in the dark. Okay the one step at a time...one, two, three, four, five, s-*groan*...seven, wight, nine, ten ...elewne, twelve, treeteen and finally footeen. Yay! I made it! Hehe okay now too look for the door...*squeak*... uh oh... I better be careful because it looks like that there is a look of squeaky trees here. Yup! Its wood and wood is trees! Hehe, Ms. Mayle never teaches me anything so sometimes I climb the tree nearest to our small classroom and listen to what some of the volyteered teachers teach..

It was hard at first but then I got used to climbing trees so now it's fun! But it's not always easy anymore, sometimes my Boo'Boo's hurt too much so it takes me a while to get up and it's even harder to get down before Ms. Mayle catches me. She doesn't think I should learn anything and whatever I learn will be useless just like me. I'm not sure if I understand that word very much but I don't think it's nice. Oh well, it's better to pre...pret...Pretend? Yeah! Pretend, not to care because it hurts less in my chest. Which is kinda weird cause I never get hit di..rectly in the chest but it still hurts.

Sometimes more than the other woundds I have, which makes me worried that I got hurt inside my chest.. And it might be bleeding but I have no idea how to stop the blood like I did for my hip. It's like all the blood gathers around my heart making it beat faster... kinda like its drowning and it's looking for a lifeguard. But sadly there is no one... like always but that's okay! My heart is learning how to swim now so it's much easier for me. Hehe oh and there the door! Yay! Now I can leave before Ms. Mayle sees I'm missing.

Okay that's a big dusty door, hump I still gonna pull it. ...*Grrroooaaannn* Uh Oh that made a lot of noise I guess I better start running...right about NOW! Gah! But it's so dark out here! There are no lights and it looks like there are a lot of trees out here. Oh no... which way do I go now? I forgot that it's a new moon tonight...oh no no no...*crunch*

*gasp*...NO SHE'S AFTER ME! I Need to hurry and run! NOW!... But where do I do!? I can't see and my heart... Why can't I move?! I need to move! NOW!... *CrUsH* Gah! Okay come on! come on! I can run faster than this! I just need to stop limping, or go faster! And... I'm going faster! YES! Okay now I need to make sure I don't run into anything... if I can... *CRUSH* *CRUSH*

Oh... she's closer now... maybe I could HIDE! Yup okay sooo... right or left? Ummmmm *CRUSH!* *CRUSH!* *CRUSH!* Ahh! okay I'll go right so the water surrounding my heart will lessen. But I ran into a boney tree... I looked up to meet this yellowy brownish eyes? There was a really faint light but you could see everything... well kinda everything. I don't know where it was coming from though... And why am I standing here in front of a complete stranger and staring at him... that very rude you know.

"...You know it's not nice to stare Mr." I told him as he just looked at me with a smirked with happiness? in his eyes. Well maybe not happiness but it looked like he thought that I said something funny...WeiRd...

"...Heh. So they say, what is your name kitty-chan?" He asked me as he bent down slightly so he was towering(?) me.

"Hmmmm... if I tell you will you promise to tell me yours Mr?" I asked him an honest question. I'm not gonna give him my name so easily! Nuh-uh!

But the guy just grinned at me and laughed... told you he was weird.. So yeah... I should get going now...

"...BYE MR!" I ran around him as fast as I could, which made him stop laughing for a second as he looked at me with a surprised face as his eyes nearly popped out if his eyes... kinda like popcorn haha. ...What? Where you expecting me to just deal your creepiness? Nope! Not this girl Mr, sorry you need to find another victim to terrify in the dark.

"HEY! COME BACK HERE!" Uh oh... looks like popcorn man is mad...

"HEY! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" I looked back only to see popcorn man ready to pop cause he looks a bit red... I don't know about you but I prefer green better than red soo...

"OKAY THAT'S IT! IM GONNA GIVE YOU 3 SECONDS TO STOP! IF YOU DO I PROMISE NOT TO HURT YOU!" Looks like popcorn man is getting closer to me... maybe I should just...NO! I DON'T WANT TO BE TURNED INTO CORN! Ah!

Just as he was about to grab me I threw myself on the left side just as I was about to hit the really big and tall tree... But it looks like Mr. Popcorn didn't make it in time... He should have been a better vegetable. Ms. Shells always made sure I ate all my green vegetables,... like peas!

"Sorry Mr. Popcorn man..." Just as I was about to turn away from him he called me again.

"What did you call me?" He asked looking mad... again...

"Mr. Popcorn man cause you looked like you were gonna pop. And you're kinda red too... maybe you should try eating green vegetables Mr! Oh! You can start out with peas!" For some reason he looked at me horrified...ummm should-en it be the other way around? Huh. "Bye Mr. C-...I'll call you man so it can en-en-..encourage you to eat Peas! See you Mr. Pea man!"

"...HEY! COME BACK HERE!...That's it...No More Games Kitty." Mr. Pea man yelled at me again but I was far from him now.

But it's getting darker and the lightly thing is where Mr. Pea man is. I'm not sure if I should go there.. Hmmm let's see how about I climb a tree so then I could see where the light thing is coming from. Yup! I'll do just that! Okay let's see...Oh! That one looks kinda easy to climb and it looks tall, maybe not as tall as the others but I think I would see the light thing.

Okay Climb, Climb Time! Let's see... I can grab onto that and I can put my leg on the small hole. My right leg... naw I think I'll try not to use that leg as much cause I think my hip is bleeding again. Okay then I'll use my arms! If I can just reach over and grab that branch... just a little farther..."THERE YOU ARE YOU LITTLE BRAT!"

"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" I fall down and just as I'm about to hit the ground on my bad hip I feel someone under me and a groan coming from that someone. Oh no I hope it's not Mr. Pea man... I was just trying to help...

I opened my eyes to see a new face...a cute face... *blush* Oh uh... AH! I gotta get off him! And get away!

"And just where do you think you're going KITTY?" Mr. Pea suddenly pulled me toward him and... He looked scary and mean... GOTTA GET AWAY! "Oh no kitten not this time!" Mr. Pea put his arms around me I tried to get out but the harder I tried the more he squeezed... and it hurt.

"LET GO!" I screamed as I tried to move away because he started to grab my legs and pull me up but he grabbed my bad hip. I kicked him as hard as I could only to anger him and make him grab my leg harder but stopped when I gave a loud scream and started crying. The other guy came up to us and pushed Mr. Pea away from me and looked at my leg.

"We need to take her somewhere lighter than these woods I can't see her wound very well but it's bleeding." The guy that had dark eyes told Mr. Pea's.

"My car, there should be a first aid kid in there for the brat." Mr. Pea said but he looked like was was pouting and a bit concerned... Maybe I was a bit mean to him... "Let's go, it's not far from here."

I felt Mr. Pea's friend pick me up and ran to where Mr. Pea was going ahead of us. It took us a few minutes to get there but we did. And Mr. Pea opened one of the doors and got out a first aid kit.

"...Your being oddly nice today Eisuke" The guy who saved me told Mr. Pea man... who I guess is Eisuke... I kinda liked calling him Mr. Pea man... I should be nicer I guess.

"Shut up Soryu." Eisuke looks mad again... I guess I should say sorry to him.

"Ummm...Mr. P... I mean Suki.. I'm sorry for those words I said to you... I was just trying to help.

Eisuke looked at me and said "Eisuke"

"Suki" I tried once again.

"No Ei-Suki"

"...Suki" I gave up trying.

"..."