Kamio and Melissa followed Yuu through the streets. "Hey, Yuu?" Kamio asked slowly.
"What is it?" Yuu replied with no emotion.
"What happened in that tower?" Kamio questioned her.
Yuu turned around and looked him in the face. "You want to know what happened, huh?" She began. "I lost!" She yelled at him, tears threatening to start pouring.
"I was powerless against him! I couldn't win! I'm just a weakling who can't change anything!" She yelled the tears now pouring down her cheeks.
Kamio just stared at her, with his mouth slightly agape. "You're not weak Yuu." He said.
Yuu looked at him. "Huh?" Kamio took in a breath, "We were severely underprepared for what awaited us in that tower. So, don't cry, we will win next time."
The tears had stopped pouring, but she still had tear stains on her cheeks. "Phhhhh- Hahahahahahaha." Yuu started to laugh at him.
"W-what's so funny?" Kamio asked her.
"Hahahaha, nothing, hahaha, nothing at all. Thank you, Kamio." Yuu said with a huge grin on her face.
Kamio, Yuu, and Melissa arrived at the dock. "So, we're heading out?" Kamio asked.
Yuu glanced over at him, "Not yet. First, we have to wait for Sakiro, then we have to decide what to do with her." Yuu explained to him.
They walked to an empty table and sat at it. "So, what do we do with you?" Yuu asked Melissa.
Melissa glanced up at Yuu. "I want to go home to Mama." She said.
"Home? Where's that?" Kamio asked her.
"Ariel Town." She answered.
"Ariel Town? Where's that at?" Kamio asked.
"It's in the southern territory," Yuu answered.
"That's perfect then, isn't that where we're headed next." A man said walking up to them. Kamio looked over at the man. "Sakiro!" Sakiro grinned at them.
"Where have you been?!" Yuu asked him.
"I had to take care of something," Sakiro told her.
"What was it?! Tell me! Tell me!" Yuu demanded.
"NO! I will not tell you." Sakiro told her.
"Anyways, how did it go at the tower?" He asked.
"We failed," Yuu said with a shit-eating grin on her face.
"Failed?!" Sakiro said. Yuu was about to reply but was cut off by an intercom.
"Now boarding the ferry heading for Ariel Town."
"Ariel Town?!" Melissa yelled.
"I guess it would be easier for you to get on that ferry, wouldn't it?" Yuu asked Melissa.
"Can I?" Melissa asked.
"Sakiro can you get her on the ferry?" Yuu asked him.
Sakiro smirked. "Yeah let's go." He told Melissa.
They both walked away to the ferry. "Do you think we'll see her again?" Kamio asked Yuu.
"Maybe, we will be going to Ariel Town soon." She answered.
"When do we head out?" Kamio asked.
"I'd say now would be the best time," Yuu answered.
"Then why don't we get on the ferry as well?" Kamio questioned.
Yuu looked over at him. "Are you stupid?!" She yelled at him.
"There are bound to be a lot of elites on that ship, we have to take the long way," Yuu explained.
"What are you two talking about?" Sakiro asked when we got back to them.
"We were discussing when we leave for the next tower," Kamio told him. "
Alright, let's meet up at the entrance to the town at midnight. Okay?" Yuu said to them.
"Fine by me," Kamio said.
-Northern Tower-
"Print those papers faster!" A short woman, standing no taller than 4ft, yelled at a bunch of people.
She had shoulder-length black hair, with dark red highlights in it, and her eyes were a bright pink color. "Ma'am! We have the first copies of the bounty papers ready!" One of the men yelled at her.
She took the papers from him. "Alright, let's see here." She said.
She looked at the papers. "These will do!" She yelled.
"Mass produce them!" She told the men.
She threw the papers into the air. One of the men picked up the paper. The paper had Yuu Sakimoto written at the top, with a picture of her looking over her shoulder and grinning. There was a price in bold at the bottom of the paper that said "4000".
To Be Continued