All for you

A Gungrave Romance

Sorry it's been a while since I updated! Lotsa projects and stuff due ya know! Like I said before I own no characters except Zen Shinomori and Aki Mikage whose name I borrowed from a book. No copying people! By the way, we are still in Zen's memories.

Chapter 2:

Time will tell all

From that day on Zen, Brandon, and Harry were inseparable. There was a fight nearly everyday in the courtyard, against the orphanage. After a few more weeks, the other children left them alone. The manager was a different story.

It was a breezy day, not a cloud in the sky. The trio lazed around the center tree, dozing on and off, when the wind whipped a clean sheet straight from the clothesline. Without a second thought, they chased the sheet, not caring where it led them or how tired they got or even if they got the damn thing at all. Zen reached for it, hypnotically; as if catching it could make her troubles dissipate. She was in for a rude awakening.

"God damn kids!" A gruff voice snarled behind them. She felt a blinding pain on the right side of her head as she went sprawling across the dirt. In the next instant she was being dragged off by her collar along with Brandon and Harry. They were given one of the worst beatings of their lives. "That'll teach ya!"

"Think so?" Zen snapped, struggling to her feet. "Try me again!" He beat her to the ground once again. Harry grabbed her arm, struggling to pull her down alongside him, away from harm. She wrenched her arm away and stared defiantly at the man. "You're not so tough!"

Ten minutes later

They lay in the dirt, bruised but not broken for some time. Zen found it nearly impossible to move. Suddenly, Harry began to laugh.

"What the hell are you laughing at?" Zen growled, Brandon nodded his agreement.

"We've gone through hell together, not to mention one hell of a beating. Whaddya say we make a pact?" He grunted in pain as he sat up.

"That would be?" Zen pried, letting Brandon help her up into a sitting position.

"That we'll always be friends. I got your back and you've got mine, right?" He asked his two friends, slinging an arm around each of their shoulders.

"Sure, why not?" She agreed.

"Sure." Brandon said quietly.

Youth. One gift granted to us all to use as we will. Had they known how fragile this promise would be, they would not have made it so carelessly. Especially Zen.

End of Chapter 2! Sorry it was so short; I'll try to have the next one out soon! Thanks for reading! Reviews are most welcome!