Momo got up, stunned. Who was this boy? With the boy was another boy who had strange silver hair and a large hammer. The two of them with Kyoka, Momo and Minoru finished off the rest of the werewolves in a few seconds.
"Who are yo-" Momo began after they had finished off the werewolves.
"Shiozaki!" the boy with silver hair rushed to the girl lying in the ground. He lifted her off of the ground.
"T-Tetsu... Tetsu?" Shiozaki muttered, quietly.
"Shiozaki? Can you hear me? If you can, don't go to the light! It's not the lord and savior!" the boy, Tetsutetsu called to her. He turned to the others.
"Do any of you have any medical knowledge?" he asked, frantically.
"I- I do," Momo spoke up.
"Please, help her," he practically begged.
"Of course!" Momo said, rushing to her saddle bag. She dug around until she found a bottle of alcohol, some rags and some bandages.
"Quick. Bring her to somewhere we can lay her down and lay her down on her back," Momo demanded. They brought her inside and the boy with red hair threw a white cloth over the table at the front of the church. Tetsutetsu laid her down on it and Momo went to work. First, she put some alcohol on the wound, next she sopped up some of the blood with some rags, and then with Kyoka's help, Minoru "graciously" offered to help, but they obviously pushed him away, they bandaged her up and dressed her in one of Kyoka's dresses. Momo bent down next to Shiozaki.
"Phew, She's still breathing at a steady rate. Let's go out and get the boys," Momo said, wiping her brow of sweat. She and Kyoka went out to see the two boys.
"Excuse me, Tetsutetsu? And...?" Momo began, not knowing the red haired boy's name, and not really being sure of the other boys name since it was so strange. Maybe it was a nickname Shiozaki had given him.
"Eijiro," the other boy said.
"Okay. She's inside, and she's okay if you want to visit her," Momo said.
"Thank you," Testsutestu said, rushing past her and into the church.
"No problem," Momo responded. Then, all of them went into the church. Tetsutetsu was up with Shiozaki and everybody felt that they should hang back.
"Shiozaki? Are you okay?" Tetsutetsu said, bending next to her. She opened her eyes and looked up at him. Then, she sat up, with help from Tetsutetsu to look at him fully.
"Tetsutetsu. You came to help me," she said, softly grabbing his hand.
"Of course I did. It would be unmanly of me to not come to your aid when you're in trouble," Tetsutetsu said.
"I'm not sure how you knew that, but thank you for coming just in the nick of time," she said.
"No, I was too late. If I'd been sooner, this wouldn't have happened," Tetsutetsu said.
"Don't be an idiot. You wouldn't have know. And you came, that's all that matters " Shiozaki said, squeezing his hand tightly. She smiled lightly.
"And I always will," Tetsutetsu said, softly hugging her, careful not to touch her injuries.
So cute!The others thought from the back of the church.
"You may come up here now, if you want," Shiozaki called to the back of the church. The four approached.
"This is Tetsutetsu. He was the person I was talking about to help you," Shiozaki told everyone.
"Well, if you have any blacksmith work you need done, I'm your guy," Tetsutetsu said.
"I'm sorry but what we need your help with is much more dangerous. But, also much more important," Momo said, then she explained about the Demon King.
"I'm sorry, but I can't go," Tetsutetsu said after Momo finished.
"Oh. Okay," Momo said, feeling hopeless. Of all her attempts, none of them said yes. However, the others weren't quite feeling that yet.
"Wait. Why? Is blacksmithing really that important to you?" Kyoka asked.
"Of course not. But, I have to stay here with Shiozaki," Tetsutetsu said.
"No. Don't stay here for me. I know how much you love adventure," Shiozaki protested.
"I can't. What if our town gets attacked again? You're out of commission so I need to stay here to protect the town and to protect you," Tetsutetsu said.
"Doing it for the boobs. I can get with that!" Minoru said with a thumbs up. Kyoka shoved him away.
"However, I do have another option. My twin brother here is a bounty hunter. He's not as good as me, but I'm sure he'll help you in your quest," Tetsutetsu said.
"Hey! I'm obviously the better one! I'm a BOUNTY HUNTER," Eijiro said.
"No you aren't. Who was born first, huh?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"I was!" Kirishima said.
"No you weren't!"
"Yes I was! My leg came out first!"
"Well, my arm came out first!"
"Legs are bigger than arms!"
"So? My other arm came out next!"
"No it didn't! It was my leg next!"
"They're poor mother," Momo said, listening to the boys argument.
"She must have been split in half," Kyoka whispered back.
"Well, it doesn't even matter. Of course I'll accompany you three on your journey," Eijiro said.
"Princess," he added, bowing. Tetsutetsu finally realized who he had been talking to and bowed too.
"Thank you so much!" Momo said, happily. She had finally gotten a recruit! They gathered their stuff and were about to head out when Shiozaki, with help from Tetsutetsu, walked over to them.
"Please send Itsuka my love and tell her to visit Tetsutetsu and I sometime," Shiozaki said, looking into Momo's eyes with sincerity.
"Don't worry. You can tell her yourself. I'll be gone for much longer than it will take for her to travel down here," Momo said.
"I'm sorry you traveled all the way down here just to recruit me and I can't even help you. This church is just my life," Shiozaki said, clasping Momo's hands in her own.
"It's fine. Besides, the journey down here wasn't a waste. We got Eijiro. He sure seems strong," Momo said.
"Yes, well if he is anything like Tetsutetsu than I know he will be very strong," Shiozaki said. She let go of Momo's hand and went towards the church.
"Goodbye... princess," she said right before she entered it.
"What a strange girl," Kyoka said as they rode out.
"I think she's all right," Momo said. She was starting to grow rather fond of the girl.
"So, does she have a relationship with your brother or something? Because if I were him, I'd totally tap that," Minoru said.
"Minoru!" Kyoka scolded, embarrassed at how brash the boy was being.
"I think they have or something," Eijiro said.
"Well, it's the best or something I've ever seen," Minoru said and everybody whole heartedly agreed with him.
"So, where to next, princess?" Eijiro asked.
"You may call me Momo. And this is Minoru, my body guard and Kyoka, a furrier," Momo said, realizing she hasn't introduced her two companions or herself.
"Yo," Kyoka said.
"You better not steal all the babes!" Minoru said at the same time.
"I'll try not to. So, where to next... Momo?" Kirishima asked.
"On a hopeless mission," Kyoka said.
"Don't be so negative yet. I just joined the team! We can beat the Demon King!" Eijiro said, trying to uplift her spirits.
"No, not that. Although that seems really hopeless too-"
"Kyoka!" Momo scolded her friend for her negativity.
"Sorry, Momo," Kyoka said, and then turned back to Eijiro. "Momo wants to talk to the Dragon King."
"The Dragon King? Seems ambitious. However, I will try my best to help you. It wouldn't be manly to give up without trying," Eijiro said.
"Thank you. You've been the most helpful one of all so far (Momo glared at Minoru, and maybe a little bit at Kyoka too, but just a little Momo assured herself). I figured he would want to help us since he lives in the forest," Momo said.
"At least, I hope he will," Momo added quietly enough for no one to hear.
A/N Sorry if there was a bit excessive of Tetsutetsu x Shiozaki. I just felt like they should get more love because they are so cute. Anyway, I'm excited for the next chapter. He finally comes. And it's not Sato, sorry. He's not even in the story.
Also, sorry for asking this but I have a school survey that I made for class and I really need 100 participants to get a good grade. It will take literally a minute and I will be really really grateful. The link is right here. r/Q8ZWNWN