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Chapter 7 - Courage

Akihito looked at all of the people that were getting burned or knocked over by the giant bull.

He couldn't focus properly from the guy that was in the cloak. Akihito would occasionally glance over at him and all the cloaked person did was stand there.

"Hellfire!" His sword appeared in his hand and he ran towards the bull but he couldn't get a good enough hit.

The bull sprinted towards him and knocked Akihito out of the way, causing him to get a deep wound.

"A-Aimi I need some type of diversion to get this big thing out of the way!"

"Akihito!" Aimi screamed in fear, not wanting him to be hurt.

Aimi ran beside him quickly with her sword and shield out

More and more people started to die by the bull.

Akihito, Aimi, and Tukomi kept trying to find A opening to the bull but couldn't.

Only minutes past and it was only the three of them left, along with the shadowy cloaked figure.

Akihito and Aimi were breathing heavily "I-I can't get this guy!" Aimi said.

"H-he keeps jumping around..we need some spell to get him to stay still" Akihito responded.

Out of nowhere Tukomi began running towards the bull and screaming.

"Idiot he's going to get himself killed!" Aimi Yelled and ran towards Tukomi.

Akihito started losing a bit too much blood so he couldn't run after her "A-Aimi!"

The bull was about to hit Tukomi before Aimi came right in front of him and blocked it with her shield.

"Ahhhh!" Aimi exclaimed as one of the bulls horn started to pierce her side.

Tukomi fell back and looked at her surprised, he noticed the blood coming down her side.

"I-idiot what were you thinking?! I told you the only thing that matters in this world is you, nobody else!"

Aimi looked down as the bull started to push her back with its incredible force.

"I was thinking..I was thinking I don't wanna see anyone die anymore right in front of me..I was thinking just this once I could be useful and actually do something. I was thinking I'm going to protect!!"

Both Akihito and Tukomi were looking at her surprised.

Aimi began pushing the bull back some with her shield.

She then thought of one of her spells "ice smother!" Ice began covering the bull so it couldn't move. She then used her sword and

Ran to the bulls side.

She held onto her sword tightly and fearfully as her hands began to shake some but she was still determined.

"AHHHHH!" Aimi jumped and rushed the sword into the bulls side, impelling it deeply.

The bull started to jump around in pain and broke out of the ice then knocked Aimi over.

"H-hey asshole come at me!" Akihito yelled angrily. The bull dashed towards Akihito.

Akihito ran back towards the wall and right before the bull hit him, he ran up the wall and jumped back, right above the bull.

The cloaked person faced Akihito then used a spell to immobilize the bull without Akihito knowing.

As Akihito was falling right above the bull he began thinking about Aimi 'she's so strong..she's so determined' he thought to himself.

"Hellfire!" He fell down right above the bulls head "and I won't let that be for nothing!!" He drove his sword down right on top of the bulls head.

The bull made loud noises before it collapsed loudly onto the ground.

Akihito was panting hard and sweating like crazy.

He pulled his sword out of the bulls head then quickly ran over to Aimi "A-Aimi!"

He stuttered, his words were shaky and he looked crazy worried.

Aimi was laying on the ground, still bleeding out some.

He began to start crying some but immediately stopped "n-no I'm gonna save you" Tukomi was still surprised at everything that just happened and couldn't move a muscle.

~6 hours later~

Aimi flickered her eyes open then immediately sat up and pointed her hand like she was still holding her sword.

She breathed heavily and looked around to find herself laying in a bed and bandaged up.

"Where am I.." she got up slowly then looked out the window and saw people walking around and what seemed to be society and civilization.

There were no biomes or monsters here which seemed to surprise her.

She ran towards the door then out of the room. She looked around and saw Akihito sitting down on the floor, right beside the room.

Akihito looked up at her surprised, then stood up and hugged her "I'm so glad you're okay.."

"Y-Yeah" Aimi blushed and hugged him back.

Akihito let go and looked at her "you did nice with that bull..you were pretty strong if you ask me" he smiled.

Aimi stared at him then started to smile "thank you"

They both walked out of the room and to a near restaurant. They sat down and ordered their food.

"So how did we end up here, and where's Tukomi??" Aimi asked him.

"Oh yeah..when you were unconscious we ended up transporting here after I beat the bull. Then I immediately bandaged you up and paid for a room to put you in. Tukomi is in another room..he feels a bit bad about what happened. And Sorry if I did the bandaging a bit bad" Akihito smiled and looked at her.

He thought she was beautiful, even more beautiful than he once thought before. After seeing her braveness and courage it inspired him to give it his all as well.

"The bandaging is just fine thank you for saving me" she responded with a smile.

"Well..you protected yourself as well you know? And that stab you did to the bulls side really did a number on it" Akihito said, Aimi looked shocked then smiled.

They got their food and began eating. They had conversations about all types of things and started to feel different about eachother.

Once they finished their food they got up and walked out of the restaurant then back to the room.

"That was pretty fun" Akihito said. He was looking down at his legs and wasn't really thinking about anything else but her.

"Yeah..thank you for that" she responded while sitting down on the bed.

Akihitos heart began to race as he sat down beside her and looked at her. Her blue eyes seemed to be sparkling along with her hair.

They both looked into each others eyes for a few seconds before Akihito looked down for a bit then placed his hand over hers

He leaned in close to her then she placed his hand over his and leaned in as well.

Their lips touched and they began kissing each other, the moonlight shined through the window and into the room as they fell onto the bed.