He had been warned not to go to the festival anymore. But there he was in the summer festival enjoying it to the fullest. The sound of fireworks and commotion was pleasing to hear for him.
He would rather enjoy the festival than keep his promise with his mother. For the sake of festival he had yet again snuck out from his house. Why wouldn't he? It was a festival that came only once a year. This year's festival was even livelier than before; the crowd that would make ordinary person nauseated were attending the festival. But he was everything other than ordinary.
Festival Maniac: Ryuga, they called him. His reputation was very good in Siman street that is only at times of attending festival because other than festival he wasn't interested in anything. After all he wasn't festival maniac for nothing. But there was another thing that made him attend festivals every year.
"Coconut Water!"Ryuga's eyes immediately lit up when his eyes met the stall selling it. The thing that most people didn't like, he was addicted to it. Indeed he was weird, not even his parents knew how his brain worked.
After a sip, he felt like he was in heaven and with generosity he gave double the amount of the item to the seller but not to owe him anything the seller handed another coconut water to him. Another coconut water, what else did he need?
'Same as always eh?'A smile appeared in his face.
Taking sips of his holy water he started roaming around the area.
His heart skipped a beat when he saw two beautiful girls coming at his direction. He immediately hid himself in the corner of an alley and waited for the girls to pass by him.
'Damn! Liar!'
The girl wearing a red shirt and brown skirt had told him that she wouldn't attend the festival this morning but seeing her in festival his face grew pale.
If it wasn't for the fact that she would sell him out to his family, Ryuga hadn't hid himself in the first place. At the last festival, it was her who sold him and it was Ryuga who got punished for sneaking out.
This time he was sure not to make any mistake like revealing himself like before. He didn't put up his guard when she said she wasn't coming in the festival and was roaming without paying mind to anything. But now the situation was different.
'Crafty witch, she did end up coming here...Wait! was this her plan all along? If it was, I fell right into her trap.'
He leaned against the wall in the dark alley trying to avoid being spotted.
'God, please help me from this situation. If you help me this time I will give 100 Coconut to you...but of course you aren't getting any water inside it...100 Coconut for saving me. A good deal, isn't it?'
He became more nervous when he started hearing footsteps of the girls. In his mind he heard nothing but footsteps, the louder it became, and the more anxious he was. The girls were now passing by him.
'Damn it! I am a wall...a wall...a little out of shape wall...nothing out of ordinary...nothing at all...Damn...go away already.'
After the two girls passed, Ryuga finally let go of the wall and sighed in relief.
'Now I need to find a way to go to home without them noticing me.'
Having a neighbor like her was too much of a hurdle. No, it was not a hurdle but living walking atom bomb of his life. But this time he was happy that she didn't notice him, if she had there would be a huge punishment waiting for him.
Afterward...There would be no afterward.
Ryuga finally came out from the shadow. After suddenly getting out of the dark his eyes were somewhat sensitive to light therefore he used his hand to block the light falling in his eyes.
"Hehe"An evil laugh was coming from Ryuga's back. He immediately figured out to whom it belonged. After all, they were neighbors since childhood and this laugh was something he wouldn't forget even if he were to suffer from amnesia.
But he didn't let his fear et the best of him, he calmed himself and turned around to face her but he couldn't hide his nervousness.
"Oh, if it isn't Rika, one of the beauty of our class. How did you lost your way...I mean find your way to the festival? I thought you weren't coming...what a coincidence. I also happen to be passing by...haha...haha...If the princess is free, would you like to enjoy the festival together?"He said with a smile.
"Hehe"
'Damn it! Plan to flatter the opponent failed, now what? Then lets proceed to plan B: Winning over the opponent...Heh, now brace yourself, you witch.'
"How about I buy you something in the festival...I heard you liked teddy bears...Do you want me to buy it for you? Look even the purse in your waist is torn...want me to buy a new one?"
"Hehe"
Plan B failed as well. Now he had nothing in his arsenal, was his luck truly up? He again said in desperation,
"What does milady, ah no, princess want then?"
"Princess," Finally a word came out of Rika's mouth except for the evil laugh. "I like the sound of it."
'Princess? Don't flatter yourself dumb witch, if someone is a princess it is a girl by your side...Ah! Margaret...what a beauty.'
But he didn't reveal his thoughts and forced a smile as he said, "What does the princess want then?"
"What do you want?"She replied with another question, "You're not being like yourself, just state what you want?"
"W-what do you mean? I am always like this; I am asking you with a pure heart. I don't want anything, nothing at all."
'Except that you leave me alone.' He thought to himself.
"This isn't like you."She said with a gentle tone. After hearing her tone no one would believe that it was the same girl making those evil laughs before.
"If you were your usual self, you would be like; dumb witch why are you here? Or like; witch don't eye on me, you aren't going to marry me, you don't fit my criteria or standards. But why are you changing your tone, is something wrong?"
But when she finished her sentence she realized something.
"Hehe"
Now that was truly evil and the smile was nothing less. Margaret who was by Rika's side didn't speak a word but silently watched as the drama unfolded. She was happy seeing Ryuga change his tone but somewhat unsatisfied. The silent killer slowly decided to make her move.
"Ryuga is also here? From what I heard you promised your mother that you wouldn't attend the festival anymore, did you lie to your mother?"
Now that was the fuel to the fire. She silently used her words to kill her opponent without showing her intent. Truly wonderful, her skill to use words were truly wonderful but that wasn't something to praise right now.
'Now that was evil...her beauty and her intentions doesn't match up.' Ryuga felt like crying but he somehow restrained his grief.
"So we were in the festival, no wonder you were very polite."
'What? She didn't know that?...but why did she laugh when I just got out of the alley?'
Just as he was confuse, his eyes glanced upon a shooting stall behind Rika.
No wonder. The prize was a teddy bear. That laugh wasn't intended for me but for the stall vendor. Can there be such a coincidence? But why was she facing him when he turned towards her?
Then his eyes suddenly made contact with the plastic bullet at the ground. So she was trying to pick the bullet. Another huge coincidence, it seemed as if the God itself was trying to punish Ryuga for sneaking out.
If you don't seek death, you won't die.
'So it was me who dug my own grave.'
At this time he cursed his own luck.
"Dumb witch just die somewhere."Ryuga shouted and left in anger.
The two girls were dumbfounded and didn't know what to say when he left.
If he was going to get punished anyway why not enjoy the festival for the time being. He thought to himself and again went to the stall which sold Coconut water and started drinking it while roaming around.
He then checked his watch.
"Half an hour left till fireworks, I should just roam around till then."
When he was roaming around he came across a garden nearby. There were two people chatting in the garden and the place seemed somewhat deserted.
The two people were chatting with each other but the two were wearing suits, alone in a garden was somewhat shady so, he decided to eavesdrop in their conversation.
At this time he felt like a detective of the novels who was about to catch the criminals red-handed.
'Hehe' He avoided the stone in the road and leaned against the wall of the garden to hear them properly.
"Jahnam street, Apartment-5," When he heard those words his eyes immediately lit up. "Room 3."
What were they planning to do was the only question he had in his mind. Then he heard the words he was waiting for all along.
"Kidnap girls."
'Jackpot! Now I know they are going to kidnap the girls and keep them in the address they mentioned earlier. This is becoming more and more interesting. Look how I expose you red-handed.' He thought to himself.
He assumed that they would keep the girls there without even listening to their previous conversations. Then he silently nodded in agreement to his own plan. He got fired up.
"Two girls."One of the men in black said.
"Photo?"Another one asked.
The man took out the photo from his pocket and handed it over to another man in black.
"Names?"The man took the photo and asked.
Another man slowly replied, "Rika,"
When he heard the name, Ryuga who was eavesdropping formed an evil smile with his lips. That was a smile which wanted to see his enemy suffer.
'Rika is going to get kidnapped? What a nice thing to hear. The tone in which the words were spoken is also nice. I could hear these words forever. Dumb witch, too bad for her.'
Even though she was like mortal enemy for him, she was also his neighbor who helped him many times so his thoughts somewhat started to change.
'What if she got kidnapped nothing will happen to her after that, right? What if something happens to her? Would I be considered guilty because I knew something but didn't say it because of my anger? Should I tell her beforehand?'
Many thoughts started appearing in his head and at last he decided to wait for kidnappers to make the move. If he hastily told about kidnapping to Rika, the kidnappers would be alarmed and could attack her when her defense was down. So he decided to hear them more and make his decision.
Many thoughts appeared in his mind but only 1 second had passed in real time.
The kidnapper was about to reveal the name of another target. He pushed his ear a little more for the hope of listening carefully.
The mouth of the man in black who handed over the photo finally opened revealing another name,
"Another target is Margaret."
"Margaret."He muttered in a low voice.
Even imagining something like this was about to happen to Margaret broke his heart.He immediately flared up in rage.
'Kidnapping Margaret?'
He slowly moved his leg as his mind was filled with anger. He dashed and leapt towards the men in black with a coconut in his hands as he roared,
"Filthy Criminals, DIE!"
He was about to crush the skull of the men in black with the coconut in his hands.
But suddenly he found himself kissing the ground. Did he slip while he leapt? No, he was struck by something hard in his head. It wasn't that hard so the blood didn't gush out but was enough to make him unconscious.
'Damn!'He was struggling with the last bit of energy he had.
In front of him the corners of one man's lips rose as he said,
"Thanks Joseph, you were a big help!"
"No problem."Joseph replied as he threw the rod in the ground.
'If I am about to lose consciousness I will at least remember your face, worthless sh*t!'He cursed the man and with all his might he turned towards the man named Joseph.
Even if it was blurry he saw the face of the man who hit him.
"You're...
Darkness covered his eyes before he could finish his sentence.