MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
It's dark outside. All you can see is the campfire shining the trees around the man.
The man slowly wakes up as he stretches. It's Mark.
"Huh...." He looks at his hands and sees it's covered in blood... then looks at his entire body covered in blood "What the-!??" Mark shouted as he quickly stood up from the little bed he made.
"What happen-?" He asked himself until he remembers "Wait..."
His eyes widened as he's remembered what had happened "Edison!!!" he shouted loudly as he began sprinting through the forest trying to get back to Izuzunu "Edison!!! Edison!!!" He screams over and over and over again.
A couple of zombies appears behind a tree and began chasing him. Mark pulls out a bomb in his bag on his right side and lights it up.
He throws it behind him as the zombies explode into smithereens.
"Edison!" he shouted again and again "Edison, Edison!!" and then changes "Jun!!!"
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 9, CHAPTER 101, GREAT FONDNESS
THE WEDDING PALACE, OLD IZUZUNU
Flames everywhere around the old town of Izuzunu. Morichi Izuzunu has burnt to the grounds. Xiulan helps the rest of the group members fight against all the rest of the Chaos Team army.
Everyone settled at the palace as they spotted George holding Mikey "Guys!!" George screamed out "It's Mikey!! He's about to die!!"
"What!!?" Evelyn shouted as everyone runs up to Mikey to pick him up.
They grab him and placed him down onto the soft grass with Trini, Nugget, Moises, and Ren.
"Damn it, they got him good" Chloe says as she began holding Mikey's wound on his stomach "Come on, Mikey, don't die" Chloe said out loud.
"I think that's everyone" Hyeonin said as Xiulan and him land on the floors of the palace.
"God damn it" 07 says "Everyone is badly injured"
"Wait, where's Harmen?" Angie asked.
"I don't know.." Lilly said.
Then Lilly gasps out loud "Wait!" she said as she stood up "Where's Jun!!?" she looked worried.
"Uhhh.. I swear he was with you, Hyeonin" Evelyn says.
"Yeah, I had to take care of Nugget while you and Jun were fighting Ad" Lilly says.
"I... left him alone with Ad" Hyeonin confessed.
"What!!?" they all shouted, but then he yelled out "Formation!!"
"What?" Chloe asked.
"Dominant League!! Formation!!!" Hyeonin shouted out again as the Dominant League grabs hostage of all the LCI members.
"What-!!?" Chloe shouted as Evelyn kicks her katana off her hands and grabs a hold of her.
Angie grabs George and held him too.
07 was the only one left "What the-!?"
"Lilly! What are you doing!? Grab him!!" Hyeonin shouted.
Her eyes were widened and she looked worried and her eyes became watery.
"Lilly, what's wrong?" Hyeonin slowly walked up to her.
"Shut the fuck up! Who gives a shit!! What the fuck is wrong with you, Hyeonin!!?" 07 yelled at Hyeonin "What the fuck are you doing!!?"
"Shut it, 07!!" Hyeonin replied "Lilly" he said as he gently grabs Lilly's chin and faced her toward him "Lilly.. what's wrong?"
"Is Jun dead?" she asked.
Suddenly Ad was standing at the stage of the palace "Yes... yes he is!!"
Lilly and the rest quickly turned their head towards Ad "Huh!!?" Chloe shouted.
Chloe and George looked at each other with a shocked face.
"yes, he's dead. Hahahahah!! He died horribly by my fists!! Now! I'm going to kill all of you!!" Ad screamed and raised his hands in the air with his sword.
"He even cried" Ad smiled creepily at them all.
Suddenly Lilly's tears began pouring as she falls to the ground and cried out "Aaah!!"
YEAR 4, AFTER THE WOOD WAR
"It is my fault!!" Jun shouted back angrily "It's my fault that this all happened!! Everyone would agree!! You guys are all saying that it isn't my fault because you know I was the first president!! I'm like some kind of-!!"
Lilly shuts him up and hugs him tightly "Jun!!.. It isn't your fault.."
Jun cries as he hugs her back "Do.... do you really think so?"
"Yes" Lilly says as she cries too "Don't let any of the citizens get to you, okay? You did your best, Jun..."
"I did" He says.
A few moments later "I love you" Lilly confessed.
"Huh-" Jun uttered.
Lilly hugs tighter "I love you, Jun"
Jun's heart began racing "Lilly" he stopped hugging and looked at her with a surprised face "What are you telling me right now"
"I-... I have feelings for you" she said as she held her heart and began crying "and saying that this is all your fault and hating on yourself is hurting me!!"
"Lilly... I'm sorry.. but we can't fall in love.. Not at a time like this" he looked up at the sky "We were just at war"
"But do you love me!?" she shouted "Tell me, Jun"
"Lilly... when I first met you.. I did think of us.. and the way you address me" Jun looked at the sky, nervous.
His face became red "Anyways-"
Lilly laughed "You cutie"
"What!?.. I mean-" Jun said as his words started fumbling, but then he stopped.
"Lilly... I've always.. loved you" he blushes harder and looked at her.
She blushes too "I.. uh..."
They both stood there awkwardly until Jun breaks the silence "But... I don't think we should be worrying about love right now, Lilly" he says.
"Yeah.. we need to worry about the citizens and you" Lilly replies.
"Mhm" Jun said and then makes a promise "But... maybe I can take you out sometimes, go exploring together or have dinner" he smiled.
"That would be.. amazing" she smiled back.
BEFORE THE WOOD WAR
"Another girl" Moises said.
Another human sat on the chair in Moises's house with a glass of water. She waved at Jun.
Jun's heart started fluttering "Woah-... she-" Jun waves back and smiled.
"Damn, there's so many humans in this area" Jun said to himself.
"Lilly" Moises said to Jun.
"Lilly, huh?" He walks up to Lilly "Welcome to Izuzunu"
Later after Moises complained about his wood being missing, Jun introduces Lilly to the rest of the Izuzunians "Guys, this is Lilly"
"Hello" says everyone.
"Here, try this" Max hands her a Sodizu, Izuzunu's traditional drink, the drink had a light pinkish color.
She takes a sip of it "Mmh.. wait.. this is actually good" she drinks more until it's all gone "Who made this drink!?" She asked.
"Yes, me" Jun said "I put a bit of squid ink in it"
Later at night, Lilly ends up spending the night at Jun's house in his second bedroom.
"Moises.." Jun says as he heads to bed.
All he could think about was Moises, worrying about his best friend "What has gotten into you?" he laid there looking at the ceiling and raising his hands up to the ceiling.
Lilly knocks on Jun's door as Jun sits up "Come in" he said.
It was Lilly "Hey Jun" she greeted, but she looked scared and shy.
"Hey, what is it Lilly? Are you okay?" Jun asked.
She walks closer and sat on the bed with him "Can.. can I sleep with you for tonight?"
"What!!?" Jun shouted.
Lilly gets scared "What.. what is it??" she jumps off the bed.
"She wants to sleep with me!!? What does she mean by that!!? She wants- wants to make out!!?" Jun shouted in his head "Oh.. wait.. no it's not like that"
"It's nothing... uhm.. yeah you can sleep in my room, I'll set up a bed on the floor for me" Jun got up and heads to his closet to pull out some blankets and pillows.
"Wait, I'm sleeping on your bed?" she asked.
"Yeah" he began to set up the bed on the floor.
"You know.. I don't mind us sharing a bed" Lilly added.
Jun began blushing and stops. He looked up at Lilly on the floor "Uhm... eheheh" Jun laughs nervously "I uh..."
She giggles and laughs "Are you blushing" she asked with a smile.
"N- no! What the heck! It's just hot in here!" he shouted as he falls face first onto the pillow on the floor.
She giggled "Heheh, you cutie"
Jun looked up at her and looked at her beautiful smile. Jun was amazed, in love.
Later in the middle of the night, Jun was still up, but Lilly was asleep on Jun's bed. Jun still slept on the floor.
He smiles and laughs "Cutie"
TO BE CONTINUED....