Chapter 33: Tower of Heaven 2
Fanfic by: Geraint124x
(A/N: This fanfic is free to be dissed by anyone. I might make some mistakes but I'll edit it soon or later. Please review this Fanfic and write anything on the comment section for support. Thanks.)
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(Harukin's POV)
"You little bastard! Since when you became so close to Erza that you made her call you by your nickname." Simon angrily said out of jealousy.
"..."
"Eh?" Erza reacted.
I looked at him with menacing smile then said,
"Sorry, I didn't clearly heard it, can you repeat what you said just now?"
"I said, since when..."
Suddenly, the sword flew towards him, passing his face. The sword hit the wall, creating a large crack.
He sweated profusely.
"Sorry, my hand slipped just now. But don't worry, next time it'll surely hit you." I said with intimidating tone.
Erza went between us and spoke,
"Wait! Harukin, Simon just misunderstood something."
Then she glanced at Simon,
"Simon, his real name is Harukin, it's not a nickname."
Simon was completely surprised when he heard what Erza said.
He glanced at me and said,
"I apologized for my rudeness just now, you have it hard don't you?"
"Yeah, I'm actually pretty aware on how strange my name." I replied with disappointed tone.
A little girl went towards me,
"Is Harukin your real name? It's really weird." she spoke with cheerful tone.
She has a cat-like appearance, possessing a cat-like eyes, nose and mouth. Her hair is short brown and her eyes has a dark color.
"I introduce to you, her name is Milliana." Erza said.
Oh, it's a cat girl, how cute...
I placed my hand on top of her, petting her head while I give her a soothing scratch on her throat with my other hand.
"Harukin, that's tickling." she said with pleasant expression.
She pointed at them and introduced them to me one by one,
"This boy is Wally and the one besides him is Shou."
I nodded at the two of them.
Wally has a dark hair and dark eyes while Shou has blonde hair, dark green eyes and a tanned skin.
"The guy you talk with is Simon then this is Jellal, our leader."
Then she looked at the old man, sitting on the floor.
"This is our grandpa Rob, the one who's taking care of us."
Her Grandpa Rob is a lean old man with pale skin. He has long white hair which goes midway down his back. Two strands of hair stand out from the rest and point outwards. His eyebrows are nearly as long as the hair on his head, reaching down past his chin. He has a thick gray beard which extends down to his chest. He wears a pair of beige shorts with no shirt.
I also nodded at him.
"Now, I want to hear your plan on how we can get out of here." Jellal spoke to me with curiousity.
I went towards my sword planted on the wall and pulled it out. I leaned it on my shoulder and said while looking at him with confident smile,
"We're going to start a revolt and get out of this place by force."
Jellal frowned at me and disagreed with my plan.
"That's a foolish plan. Do you know how heavily guarded this place? Did you think that we can win against those cult who can use Magic?"
"You don't have to worry about that because I'm here." I replied.
"Why would I trust a guy like you whom I newly met just now." he said
Then he glanced at Erza while lifting his hand towards her,
"Erza, we're going with Shou's plan to escape from here, Are you going with us?"
Erza looked at me, thinking twice on who she decide go with. She glanced back at Jellal and spoke,
"I'm sorry Harukin, I just can't leave them and go with your plan."
She took Jellal's hands and went together with them inside the hole they dug on the wall, covered by crates.
Aw, that hurts... I felt like, I got rejected by her just now.
Now, I understand what Rem felt like when she got rejected by Subaru.
Sorry Emilia, but I love Rem now.
I went towards the hole they created on the wall and followed after them inside.
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Crawling ahead, I heard their voices,
"Nee-san! Over here, hurry!"
"Shou! Don't talk so loud!"
"Wolly is the loud one! Meow!"
"Ho ho, sorry Milliana."
I saw a light ahead and went out of the hole,
"Erza, hurry up or we'll be found by those guys." Simon said.
Erza was shivering in fear and tried to speak,
"Um, umm... If they find us... I, I know how they'll treat kids who get found."
"Don't worry, Erza, I'll be here if something happened." I immediately spoke to ease her fear.
"Harukin..." she looked at me with a relief expression.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." Jellal suddenly spoke,
Erza was surprised, she gazed at him while blushing,
"Jellal..."
"We almost have our freedom, futures and dreams... Let's go... Erza." Jellal said with determination.
"Mm." Erza nodded, giving him a happy and beautiful smile.
"Yoohuuu!"
Everyone was very happy at the two of them except me and Simon.
Why do I feel like, I lost to him just now.
After that, I followed them, crawling inside the another hole they dug. I crawled slowly because I know that they are going to get caught and their plan to escape is going to fail.
When all of them went, I stayed inside the hole and listened on what's going on outside.
"Did you really think that you could escape that easily?! Lousy brats!!!" I heard a voice of an adult outside.
It must be one of those cultist,
There you have it, they got caught.
Escaping by digging a hole failed.
"Ahh."
"Hiie... Hiiee..."
"Ugh~"
I heard all their frightened and despaired reactions.
"We're on a very strict deadline with this R-System!!!" the cultist continued with furious expression.
I crawled more farther and peeked from the hole.
I saw a fat and a thin adult men talking in front of Erza and her friends.
The thin man started to speak,
"We'd be up the creek if the development were delayed anyway... On principle alone, I should toss you little bastards into the disciplinary chamber... but... just for today, I'll settle for just one of you... Who was the mastermind behind this botched escape? Only that person will be held accountable... The rest of you will get off with a slap on the wrist... Am I benevolent or what? Hahaha..." he spoke then laughed at them at their despair.
"I---" Erza was about to speak to take the blame, but suddenly, Jellal stood up and interrupted her.
"It was me... I planned it all and told them what to do." he said, taking all the blame.
"Jel... lal" Shou was sobbing.
Jellal...
You sounds like you're covering at someone, they can easily caught you lying at them.
"Is that so?... Hmmm..." the thin man said while looking each one of them.
See! They are already suspicious of you.
The thin man went towards Erza, staring at her face.
"It was this girl, wasn't it." he said.
Erza was surprised.
"What!" Jellal reacted.
Simon can't do a thing for Erza, he gritted his teeth in anger.
"Take her." the thin man ordered one of his men, dragging Erza with him.
"It was me!!! I planned it all!! It wasn't Erza!!!" Jellal shouted in desperation.
"D... Don't... worry about me... I'll be fine." Erza spoke while trembling in fear of what's going to happen on her.
"Erza!!!" Jellal shouted again.
"It's just like you said, Jellal. It's not scary at all." Erza said while her body was shaking.
"Erza!!!" Jellal shouted once again, but one of cultist stopped him.
Milliana was crying while shaking,
"S...Save her, Jellal..." she said.
*Sigh*
I sighed.
Looks like, they forgotten that I'm still here.
I went out of the hole and picked one stone on the ground.
Milliana noticed me and said,
"Harukin?"
"Jellal... Watch me, this is how to do it." I spoke.
Jellal glanced at me and reacted,
"Huh?"
I threw the stone at the back of the thin man,
"Ugh~" he dropped on the ground, groaning in pain.
"Who did that?!" shouted by the fat cultist.
All of them looked at me,
I gave them a conceited look,
"Haha!! The one who planned this escape was neither the two of them. It was me, Harukin da!!" I loudly said with arrogant tone, pointing myself with my right thumb.
(To be continued.)
(A/N: ... I'll fix tomorrow.)