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A few hours pass and he's woken up by loud gunshots outside. He quickly runs downstairs with Maiman where Arhiyan meets him at the bottom of the stairs.
"What's going on?" He quickly asks.
"The city is under attack. I was just about to come wake you," Arhiyan responds.
"I have to go out and help. It's my duty, I'm sorry," Takeshi hugs her and rushes over towards the closet where he grabs a duffel bag and rushes out the door.
As he steps out the door, he closes it behind him and looks down the streets. He quickly pulls a rifle out of his bag as the sound of the sirens fill his ears. A loud scream comes from down the street. Takeshi takes off towards the scream. He reaches the alley where the scream came from and sees a girl his age standing with her back to the wall and three big black Saber Toothed Tigers with blood red eyes moving towards her.
"Hey!" Takeshi yells, catching the attention of the cats and the girl. The cats make their way towards him. He drops the rifle back in his bag then pulls out an iron sword.
"Come on," he takes a few steps back as the cats get closer. One of them quickly lunges at him and Takeshi quickly stabs it in the chest, impaling it and making it go limp as it lets out its last breath. The girl lets out a small gasp as Takeshi continues back into the street with the two other angry cats making their way towards him. Another cat lunges at him but he quickly cuts its neck, sending its lifeless body to the ground. The third cat runs off quickly at the sight of the other two cats dead.
"You should get inside quickly. If needed, I can take you to my house. It's just up the street," Takeshi sighs and throws the duffel bag over his shoulder then looks at the girl.
"Um. Thanks," her voice slightly shakes as Takeshi quickly recognizes her.
"Let's go," he waits until she walks up to him to start walking. They reach his house and as he opens the front door, Arhiyan looks up and locks eyes with the girl.
"Ren? What're you doing out this late?" She quickly asks.
"Um. Well…. It's a long story," Ren sighs.
"Well you two will have plenty of time together. Bye Arhiyan," Takeshi sighs, glances at the girl one more time, then leaves the house and makes his way down the streets to help the fighting.
"Ren… You must have a lot of questions," Arhiyan stands up off of the couch.
"Yes. I honestly do," Ren glances around the room then walks over to Arhiyan.
"Go ahead and ask. But, sit down first," Arhiyan motions to the couch as she sits back down slightly nervously.
"Thank you," Ren walks over and sits on the couch, her head spinning with questions.
"So…." she sighs.
"Yes?" Arhiyan watches Ren's movements.
"He works for the Church?" Ren looks up at her.
"Yes, he does," Arhiyan nods.
"How long?" Ren looks across the room.
"Since he was able. He grew up at and with the Church," Arhiyan lets out a long sigh.
"Where are his parents?" Ren looks up and locks eyes with Arhiyan.
"Dead. Unfortunately," Arhiyan breaks their eye contact and looks across the room. "You do understand that you can't tell anyone else this, right?" She looks back at Ren with a deadly serious face.
"Yes ma'am," Ren nods.
"Good. This will be our secret. We can't let this secret get out at all. Understood?" Her face was still serious.
"Yes ma'am. Now, may I ask why you said that he grew up "at and with" the Church?" Ren looks across the room again.
"Well, his parents worked there. They practically lived there. I couldn't take him in. I was way too busy. But when they passed, I made time. I fit him into my schedule. He understood my rules, followed them, and for a while, he lived like a shadow. He barely ever came to eat with me. He barely ever left his room. Always kept the door locked," Arhiyan sighs and looks out the window at the streets filled with little short blasts of lights caused by gunshots.
"Why did he keep the door locked?" Ren looks over at her.
"Well, since you know his secret and we have plenty of time, might as well tell you," Arhiyan lets out a long sigh again. "He was working for the Church. He hadn't told me. When I finally figured it out, he told me he didn't want me to know. He didn't know how I would react. He was scared I would get mad. Surprisingly, he was only 10 when he started there. He was sneaking out of his house at 10 years old," Arhiyan shakes her head.
"When did his parents die?" Ren locks eyes with Arhiyan.
"He was five. Just got out of preschool," Arhiyan sighs and shakes her head again.
"Wow. How'd they die?" The words blurt out of Ren's mouth.
"No idea," Arhiyan shrugs.
"Sorry. That kind of just blurted out of my mouth…." Ren looks down at her feet.
"It's ok. We have to gain each other's trust. You know our secret. We have to keep you close," she gives Ren a small smile. The front door slams open a little while later.
"Close the door!" Takeshi stumbles into the house holding his blood-covered arm. His bandages were torn off and Maiman was nowhere in sight.
"Takeshi!" Ren and Arhiyan both gasp and quickly stand up.
"Close the door!" Takeshi repeats, falling to the floor. Arhiyan quickly rushes over and closes the door then makes her way over to Takeshi.
"It's an attack, a very bad attack," he breathes heavily.
"We need to fix you up so you can get back out there. They need you but only when you're better," Arhiyan helps him stand up and moves him towards the couch where he falls back and lays down.
"It burns," Takeshi whines, gripping his arm tightly.
"Hold in there," Arhiyan makes her way to the bathroom and gets the medical supplies.
"Takeshi…." Ren looks over at him but he doesn't respond.
"I need you to sit up ok?" Arhiyan walks over to him with a big bag with medical supplies inside. Takeshi gives a small nod and sits up, letting out a small gasp as his arm touches the couch.
"You know the drill," Arhiyan sighs and Takeshi pulls his hand away from his arm, revealing a large, bloody, cut on his shoulder.
"It burns," he whimpers again.
"I know. We have to get it clean, meaning it's going to burn more for a little bit," Arhiyan sighs and pours some alcohol on the wound. Takeshi leans his head back, his body tensing up at the amount of pain coming from the scratch.
"Where's Maiman?" Ren finally speaks after Arhiyan cleans up and bandages the wound.
"Out fighting," Takeshi sighs.
"Arhiyan. Can you get my wraps?" He looks over at Arhiyan who quickly nods and walks off. Ren glances at his arms then freezes. His veins were black instead of blueish green from his wrist up both of his arms.
"Wh. Wha. What's wrong with your arms?" Ren takes a step back from him.
"Huh? My arms?" He looks down at them.
"Oh, yeah…." he gets quiet and looks out the window.
"What's wrong?" Arhiyan walks back in the room and notices Ren's horrified face.
"His veins, on his arms, they're, they're black. Like one of those, those, monsters," Ren takes another step back.
"He's not. I promise. It was a freak accident when he was younger. You have nothing to worry about," Arhiyan tries to calm her down.
"Yeah. A freak accident that gives me way better senses than you stupid humans," Takeshi mutters, accidently loud enough that Ren could hear him.
"Takeshi!" Arhiyan growls. "Put these on and hurry up!"
"Fine. Then I'm out of here again," he takes the wraps and starts to wrap up his arms as Ren continues to stare at him. "Can you stop staring? It gets really annoying," he huffs and stands up, making his way towards the door. "My bag is outside the door so don't worry," he sighs and leaves. Arhiyan looks at Ren with sympathy.
"Sorry, for his 'tude. He can get moody when he's out doing this stuff," she sits down on the couch.
"It's ok. Why. What accident happened… that made his arms, veins, black?" Ren walks over and sits down on the couch again.
"Well. It was the same accident that killed his parents. I honestly don't know if he would want me talking about it," Arhiyan sighs.
"It's ok, I understand. Do you have an extra bedroom I could stay in until this blows over?" Ren lets out a long sigh, her head still spinning.
"All my rooms are filled with boxes currently. You can sleep in Takeshi's room. I don't think he'll be back until it's all over anyways. Protocols let's say," Arhiyan yawns then stands up.
"That'll have to do. Thank you," Ren stands up and makes her way to Takeshi's room. As she enters his room, she makes her way over to the bed then lays down on top of the covers and slowly falls asleep.