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Chapter 13

Sora and Yata were on the quarter pipe ramp as they skated back and forth. Each time they reached the edge they tried to get a bit higher than before. Off to the side, Vanitas sat at one of the benches and watched the two carefully.

After Yata and Sora attempted a few more spins and flips, Sora stopped up at the top of the ramp and waited for Yata to come over to his side. "Hey Yata, I got a question."

"What's up?" Yata asked once he was at the top of the ramp.

"So I was thinking… since I wanna find Saru and his brother. I was thinking that maybe Vani could pick up the scent of Saru from your wallet?"

"What?! No way! I said it before I don't wanna see that stupid monkey again," Yata replied while started to sound mildly annoyed.

"But, I just wanna be able to find the other guy," Sora said as he sighed. He knew it would be hard to convince Yata on the subject, as it seemed he was still ticked off at Saru. Sora though was not ready to give up, not one bit. He wanted to get this to happen, or at least in some way or form.

"You can find him some other way then. Not using me to find him."

"Aw come on Yata," Sora whined.

"No," Yata said as he shook his head. "I don't want to keep thinking about that stupid monkey. I'm still irritated about the other day."

"Well you don't have to be around if he shows up. Maybe if Vani can find him, he can just ask to find his other brother."

Yata closed his eyes as he sighed. He thought about arguing back at Sora, but when he opened his eyes again he saw Sora staring at him with pleading eyes. He let out a long sigh. "All right fine…"

Sora smiled instantly as he threw his arms around Yata. "Thanks Yata!"

"Ugh yea yeah. Now come on get off me. I feel like I am already going to regret this."

Sora chuckled before letting go and started to head down the skate ramp. Yata followed quietly behind until they reached Vanitas. He was still still on one of the benches, slowly drifting off. Sora ran up to him and shook his shoulder, stilp smiling happily.

"Vani! Yata's okay with it! You can try to find the guy now!"

"I never said I was okay with it… but you wouldn't have stopped asking otherwise," Yata grumbled in reply.

Vanitas laughed a little as he stood up. "That's Sora for you. You know once he has his mind focused on something, he is set to get it done no matter what."

"Come on already! Let's get to it!" Sora said as he bounced on the heels of his feet.

"You can calm down first and stop acting like a little kid first, otherwise I won't help," Vanitas said, speaking in a strict and serious tone.

Sora stopped bouncing and stood still. He breathed in a couple of times before nodding slowly. "Okay I know. I'm just excited about this."

Yata chuckled a little at Sora's enthusiasm before reaching into his pocket and pulling out his wallet. He held it out to Vanitas who took it and started to examine it. "All right, let's see what other scents are on here."

He brought the wallet close to his face his before breathing in deeply. He closed his eyes then as he took in a few more sniffs. Slowly his brows furrowed as his nose wrinkled up. He sniffed the wallet again as his nose twitched slightly. He then opened his eyes and looked at Sora and Yata.

"It's weird…"

"What? What's weird?" Sora asked quickly.

"I can easily pick up Yata's scent… and I can tell there is another scent… but it's different…"

"Well wouldn't it be different if it's some other guy?" Yata asked as he crossed his arms.

"I mean yes… but it's… it's hard to explain. It doesn't smell like a regular person smell… not quite. It's fainter… not super strong, but I can still smell it. I really don't know how to describe it. I haven't smelled anything like this before," Vanitas replied, trying his best to explain what he could.

"So… does that mean you can't track the scent?" Sora asked, trying not to sound too upset that Vanitas was having trouble picking up the scent.

"No, I should be able to. It's just… weird or odd smelling. Again… I really don't know how to describe it right," Vanitas said as he handed back the wallet to Yata.

"Ah… okay. Well as long as you can still track down Saru, that's fine," Sora said as he breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I think I need one other thing," Vanitas started. "What does this Saru guy even look like? As well as the guy I am trying to find of course."

"Well the other guy is a bit taller than me and has this really pretty purplish silver colored hair. I think the Saru had black hair right?" Sora asked as he looked over at Yata.

"Yeah, the monkey had black hair and glasses, as well as a dumb, smug ass grin," Yata added with a annoyed sigh.

Vanitas chuckled slightly before turning away from the two. "Okay, I think I got what I need then. I'll try to find them if I can. So… see you guys later," Vanitas said before he started walking off ina direction, trying to pick up on the strange, faint scent.

"Good luck Vani! Sora shouted as he watched his brother walk off.

"You really seem excited about this," Yata commented as he turned around to head back to one of the skate ramps.

"Of course! I wanna know more about the other guy. I'm just really curious."

"So you are in love with some random weird dude you just met once," Yata replied with a smirk across his face.

Sora's cheeks reddened slightly. "H-Hey! It's… not love or anything like that. I'm… I'm just curious who he is. He is just rather mysterious."

"So… love at first sight then," Yata replied, still keeping the smirk on his face.

"No! I-It's not like that," Sora quickly replied as he followed behind Yata, but it seemed Yata still had more to say.

"What was that you said about his hair? That it was really pretty? You don't just say something like that out of the blue about someone, unless there is some other reason."

Sora pouted as his cheeks reddened more. He came to a stop as he started down at the ground. "All right fine! I do think he is pretty good looking… but… I really do wanna know more about him. So I can learn… you know if he is a nice guy or is just a pretty face. I just can't get him out of my thoughts right now…"

Yata stopped and turned around to look at Sora. He sighed a little before walking back up to him. "Hey, I was only teasing a bit. I didn't mean to upset you. I didn't realize this meant that much to you…"

"It's my fault really because I never actually told how I felt about it. But now you know at least. I just hope Vani can find him," Sora replied before looking back up, a grin forming across his face, showing how he was feeling better again.

"Yeah, let's just hope that he doesn't bring Saru back along with him," Yat replied as he started to turn around again.

"Why not? You sure you wouldn't wanna talk things through with him?" Sora asked with a curious glance.

"I already said no. I already said I don't want to see the f*cking money again and that stupid grin that he has," Yata replied as he huffed out a breath of air.

"Aw, you can't get him out of your head?" Sora asked jokingly as he smiled largely towards Yata.

"What?! Come on Sora! That Saru guy is annoying and I don't want to keep thinking about him, but he was…" Yata paused as he tried to think of the right words he wanted to say. The more he thought about it, the more he kept thinking back to the two short encounters with Saruhiko. He gritted his teeth as he shook his head, trying to shake away the thoughts. "Ah! Just forget it. I just don't want to deal with him again. End of story." Yata then picked up his pace and headed off to one one of the ramps, hoping that Sora didn't catch the slight redness in his cheeks.

Vanitas trekked through the woods, still trying to follow the faint scent. It was still so strange to him as he followed it. Sure he had smelled scents that were faint before, but nothing that smelled this strange… or off. It still didn't feel like the scent of a person, yet at the same time it was.

"Maybe Namine will be able to tell me something about this… I'll have to remember to ask her later," Vanitas noted to himself as continued to walk.

After a bit more walking, Vanitas noticed that the scent picked up a bit more. It was still the strange odd smell, but it was more prominent than before. Vanitas picked up his pace as he hurried through the woods, winding through the trees. In the distance he could see someone walking through the area. As Vanitas got closer he could see it was an adult man… but his appearance did not match either of the two that he was told to look for.

"Weird… he isn't the Saru person… or the other, yet the scent… it smells nearly the exact same. Hm… maybe he is related. That could be it," Vanitas thought to himself as he got close. "Only one way to find out I guess."

Vanitas took a few steps closer until he was closer to the guy. "Um.. excuse me."

The man, who had black spikey hair, turned around and faced Vanitas. He gave a friendly smile. "Hey. Is there something you need?"

"Um… This may seem a bit odd to say, but do you know anyone by the name of Saru?"

"Yeah! He's my younger brother. Why? Did he go and do something stupid again?" the man asked casually.

"Well… according to my younger brother. Saru also apparently has another brother?"

"Two older brothers, not including me," the man replied.

"Ah… well I am looking for one of them. Or really my younger brother is."

"Hmm what do you mean?" the man asked as he leaned back against a tree.

"Seems that Saru and one of the others, one who has purplish silver hair, met my brother and his friend Yata the other night. They got Saru's name, but not the other. And my brother is rather curious about the other guy," Vanitas explained.

"So he has a crush then on him?" the man asked as he smiled a little.

"What? How did you figure that out?" Vanitas asked, surprised the man said it just out of the blue.

"Just a wild guess. But if that is the case, then I can see if I can do anything about it. What's your brother's name?"

"His name is Sora, and he can usually be found around the skate park practicing his tricks with Yata."

"All right then. I'll see if I can get him to head over there maybe later in the evening. I'll head back now to talk to him," the man said as he turned to leave.

"Wait I never got your name or even the one that my brother wants to know about," Vanitas said as he took a step forward.

"Oh yeah. I'm Zack, and Riku is the one your brother wants to know about. Don't worry though, I'll make sure I can find a way to get him to go and talk to Sora," Zack replied with a wink before walking off deeper into the forest.

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