Juji and Kazuki followed after Naoki and when the sliding door closed, Juji broke out laughing.
"Naoki. You really are heartless." Juji said
Kazuki elbowed Juji which caused him to groan in pain but the smile never dropped from his face.
Naoki sighed. "Let's go."
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"Mirai!" Suki said with her hands on her hips.
Immediately Mirai got up. "Y-yeah?"
"Get up and help me!" Suki thrusted a box into Mirai's hands and picked up two bags.
Mirai groaned but agreed. It's been five days since the fire incident and ever since that day the two of them decided to move into the Yamashiki country. Suki took the money they had saved, which they used to buy a small house. The house is cozy with two rooms and a kitchen. The house is located in a yard and a fence goes around to keep people out.
The brought very little stuff so after moving in they had to go on a small shopping spree to buy the basic necessities. After buying the house, they had a very limited budget so for now they only had two futons, one metal pot, a wooden table and one spare change of clothing for the two of them.
Mirai took the box into one of the rooms, one room is the living room while the other room is their shared bedroom, and took out the bags of medicine and weapons inside.
She set it up on the table and walked into the kitchen where Suki was tending to the fire. Mirai walked up to the metal pot and opened the lid. "Oh, we're eating noodles tonight?"
Suki looked up. "Yeah. Mirai, we have to find a way to make some income. We're running out of money."
Mirai let out a sigh. "I know."
The next morning, Mirai went out to use the little money they have to buy some rice. She went into town on her horse where people of all ages and from different social classes were out and about. Mirai patted the small bag strapped around her waist and the sword she always kept.
She arrived in front of a shop and passed the reigns of her horse to one of the servant boys before going in.
"Good morning mister, what would you like?" The owner asked with a nice smile.
"I need two bags of rice." Mirai answered.
"Of course. I'll get it for you right away." The owner nodded his head and walked into the room located behind the counter.
Mirai looked up and down the cabinets and studied the porcelain vases located on the shelves. She did not notice the young girl wearing a pink kimono walk into the shop and asking one of the servant boys to get her a bag of flour.
The servant boy nodded and, like his boss, he disappeared into the room behind the counter. Mirai looked around and studied the girl, not quite sure where she has seen this girl before. A drunk man staggered into the shop and plopped on the wooden floor. The man took a sip of beer from the jars but instead of landing in his mouth the wine splashed onto the floor.
"Hey! Bring three no four jars of wine. Bring the best!" He shouted and continued drinking. The servant boy nodded and practically ran into the room to tell the owner. The man was fat with a giant stomach and his clothing is messy with half of chest left hanging out. He let out a giant burp causing for the other customers to take a step back. The young girl was particularly frightened and looked as if she was about to run out. She turned around but her shoes scraped the floor causing for the drunk man to look at her.
A disgusting face formed on his face to show the ugly yellow teeth beneath the lips. "Ohh, look at you."
With one swoop of his hands he pulled the young girl onto him. The young girl struggled and fidgeted but his grip was too strong. A playful smile appeared on his face and he pulled her obi ribbon cutting for her kimono to untie.
"Ah!" The young girl let out a cry and tears streamed down her face.
"I've seen you before. "The man said and tapped his head.
"Ah, I remember now. You're Sora Mino from Celeste aren't you." He stood up and his smile became creepier.
"No." Sora cried and back away but tripped and fell to the ground.
The man smacked his lips and rubbed his hands together. "Oh to think of what I am going to do." He didn't continue but what he said was enough to cause her to shudder. He leaned forwards and stretched his hands at her.
"Don't you dare." Suddenly Mirai kicked him in the stomach causing for the man to crouch down.
"What?" He glared up and looked at Mirai.
Mirai stood between Sora and the drunk man. With one hand on her sword, she glared down at the man. The man became agitated and grabbed the bat hee carried with him into the shop with him. However before he could lift it up Mirai kicked him in the groin and gave him a punch on his stomach again. The man winced at the pain and laid on the floor.
"Can someone call the soldiers or whoever is in charge of catching criminals here." Mirai told the crowd.
She then looked down at the young girl crouched on the floor. She crouched down and picked up the obi for her. "Here."
Sora looked up at Mirai and immediately her cheeks flushed.
'It's him. He saved me.' Sora thought and her heart began pumping quicker.
With shaking hands, she took the obi and wrapped it around her waist. The owner stood behind the counter and watched the incident happen. It was not the first time that a drunken man try to take advantage of a girl in his shop but this was the rare chances that a young man would stand up for the girl.
Of course, he knew who Sora was and her reputation. He looked at the mess the drunk man made and he couldn't keep in the wince. 'My floor!' He cried in his heart, he had just gotten the floor redone and it just got disgusting again.
He looked at the man on the floor and he scrunched up his nose. 'You are going to pay every penny.' He thought before stepping out behind the counter.
"Oh my." He said acting surprised.
Mirai looked around and then kicked the men on the floor again. "Well then I'm leaving this guy to you then."
A polite smile appeared on his face. "Of course. Here, this is your rice."
Mirai nodded and handed the money over before leaving the store.
The moment Mirai walked out the smile disappeared from the owner's face and he looked down at the drunk man. "You are going to pay every penny." He motioned to the mess on the floor and told his servant to splash a bucket of water on the man.
Sora paid for her flour and ran out of the shop in hopes to see him again.