The sun dipped below the horizon, casting a warm glow across the landscape. A gentle breeze rustled the leaves, carrying with it the scent of blooming flowers. The evening was mild, wrapping everything in a soft embrace, inviting peace and tranquillity to settle in.Zoa changed her mind in the direction where she would sit as she saw Kakashi sitting alone in the largely empty canteen. It wasn’t time for students to eat, but Kakashi hadn’t resumed properly after the heroic efforts that had further crowned him with more popularity among the Godlinkers High faithful. Zoa was also done with her training. She finished up earlier than her other two fellow tutors. She hadn’t seen Kakashi all day so she looked for him everywhere she could, to no avail, until now. She was happy to catch him up in the canteen. “Boo!” she shouted from behind his ears, catching Kakashi off guard. Kakashi’s palms tried to cover the embarrassment he felt, but the rising and falling of his chest gave his secret a
“Where the hell is he? How hard can it be to find that boy?” Jay was probing while combing around the academy, in search of Jay.“He is your student. Wasn’t he with you today?” Tanya asked, not lacking much pace off Daichi’s strides.His nose removed fumes as he fired a glare at Daichi, “All of us cannot have student preferences. Some of us care more about the possibilities of what is at hand than emotional attachments.” Tanya was still for a second too long. She understood what he was trying to say, she had confided in him with a secret of hers. She looked at him with a straight look. She refused to be ruffled by his harsh words. “Isn’t that too much? Why are you so mean, man?” Kakashi stepped in, his voice carried a confrontational tone. Daichi moved in slow steps, strolling from Tanya’s face toward the direction of the boy who had the effrontery to talk back at him. His footsteps carried menacing moves; his body mimicked an intimidating stature.“What did you just say to me?” Da
Jay scoffed. He was finding that hard to believe. There are too many cases of Kakashi being inconsiderate for him to consider him as a true friend. He shrugged, “Maybe.” Daichi narrowed his eyes, dragging them slowly across Tanya’s face. “Did you, do it? That is all we want to know.” He probed Jay“I said I didn’t do it. Now you all are beginning to make me angry.” Jay’s eyes were darkening, his eyes blazed with fire and a fierce scowl.Kakashi’s eyes widened like he had seen a dragon appear out of thin air; his jaw dropped. It wasn’t the display that got him so shocked, it was who conveyed it that made him astonished.It was a few seconds it lasted but Jay could tell from the reaction of everyone, except Tanya, that he had done something. He didn’t know what it was, but he hoped it wasn’t going to implicate him. He ran off.“No.” Zoa held back Kakashi who tried to go after him, “Let him be. He is not guilty.” She added.“Well, at least we have helped him find his source now,” Daichi
Jiro walked out of the canteen abruptly, his food still a lot left to be attended to. “Where are you going?” Kakashi asked, his hands flailing in the air, hoping Jiro would turn back, or at least, answer.Jay crashed into Jiro as both exchanged glaring glances.“What is wrong with him? Jay’s thumb identified the suspect of his interest. “I don’t know. He just got agitated and walked out.” Kakashi responded.Jay saw the looks of Daichi towards him. He had tried to look away but he couldn’t anymore. He felt overwhelmed by the judgment his looks cast on him. “What is the problem?” Jay voiced, casting his eyes fully on Daichi. “What do you mean?” Daichi replied, calm and collected.“You have been looking at me with that look. That look still questions what I already had to say. I don’t know what it is you expect or why you have so much faith I am involved, but I have told you the truth. I have said all I know, which is nothing. I do not know anything bout Doctor Hiro’s death, and I wo
The journey was casting a shadow in the mind of Doctor Haishi now. He was going to meet up with his troop, maybe. He didn’t know how long it would take them to be worried about him though. The emperor’s generosity was understated he thought. The emperor had offered to follow him back to meet his troop. He convinced him after he declined the request a first. He didn’t want the unnecessary attention that would be certain. It could draw the attention of raiders. He also didn’t know what explanation he would have to give Master Yonda now. The thought of Master Yonda immediately drowned his anticipation of healing Kokohashi. He had disobeyed the master after disobeying him the first time. “Are you not satisfied with the meal?” The emperor asked his guest who rode alongside him“Your Majesty?” Doctor Haishi was caught out by the question “I asked if you are still hungry, seeing that your looks have changed since the start of this journey?” The emperor studied his expressions.“No, Your
The emperor drew his sword, moving toward the frozen raiders. He swung his sword at their heads, thrusting his weapon deep into their guts too. Schwiiiiing... Sliiice The emperor’s blade cut down each raider with cold and unforgiving brutality. His eyes were ruthless, blazing with rage. Doctor Haishi watched with fear, his body trembling with each blow landed on the still raiders. “Ahhh!” The loud yelp halted the emperor. He looked back at Doctor Haishi, his face dripped with the sweat of blood. His sword was covered in dissolved flesh and the shimmering of the blade against the dying light of the sun, flashed across the forest, bouncing off the face of the doctor.“What was that?” The emperor looked at Doctor Haishi with blood eyes“I—I don’t th... think it’s them.” Doctor Haishi stuttered; his voice trembled, imitating his body. He swallowed hard.“Check it out” The emperor’s tone was calm and firm. Blood drops fell into the soil, soaking it with a new mineral. The sword the em
“I—I am so so s—” Doctor Haishi’s raised hand stopped the words from Doctor Haishi. The emperor turned back to him, “Did you find them?” “Yes. They are not far away. They are slaves.” The emperor looked back to the carriage, sighing deeply. He looked back at Doctor Haishi with pain and rage consuming him. He walked toward him with a dagger in his hand, Doctor Haishi tripped and fell as he tried to escape. The emperor walked over and past him, Doctor Haishi’s mouth was agape, his chest trapping his breath. He looked behind him to see the emperor standing before someone. With a closer look, he saw who it was - it was Honda. The emperor sliced through Honda’s skin with each word that he spoke to him. Doctor Haishi’s eyes widened in horror; he stood up gingerly to his feet. Blood pushed out of his body, the yell of pain echoing throughout the woods.He had been broken from his frozen state. He fell to his knees as he tried to stop his guts from falling out. He groaned in pain, rolling
The emperor stared at the map intensely, trying to see where the shortcut he had earmarked was. They had been on the road for more time than they hoped they would be. The night sky was lined up with lighting. Stars scattered all over the vast land, twinkling and illuminating the woods they journeyed.“I think we might have to find another way there. I have been checking this map to see if there are other shorter routes we can take, but... nothing.” The emperor shook his head, as he flipped the map still trying to find a simpler passage. The route the emperor wanted to go past was heavily guarded. Perhaps some raiders threatened the peace of Shinjuya, so they sought to take them out of their illegal way into the nations.The emperor stood from the rock he sat, strolling to the carriage where the operation went down, the map now folded in his hands. “What do you think we should do now?” Even the sweat that poured from Doctor Haishi’s face could not hide his worry. The emperor spared