"Shinya, you need to be careful from now on" said Sasuke who received a call earlier
"Did something serious had happened?" I asked immediately
I can't tell what emotion he was showing now, it was mix up
"I got a call from Manjiro, he said my brother was missing"
I remember earlier Manjiro and Yuusuke went for a mission to the south
"Yuusuke is missing??"
"Hm- Manjiro search everywhere but didn't see any sign of him, he only got my brother's coat lying on the ground near the river drench with blood, so I supposed they've got him and worst killed him already" said Sasuke very worried and emotional
"I'll go find your brother" I was about to go but then he stop me
"There is no point" he said
I brew us coffee and waited for Sano Manjiro
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'swish'
"Finally," I sigh
Manjiro take his sit across Sasuke
"We found out nothing, we just got somewhere, we had a fight and got separated, the next think I knew Yuusuke went missing and nowhere to be found and I got his shirt near the river drench with blood, and I saw a paper from his coat" he showed as the paper
Then I recognized it easily, "Isn't this a route?"
"Correct!" Said Manjiro
"But this is far away from Tokyo, and besides this route will take us through the mountains" said Sasuke and review it
"Will get there for 2 - 3 days, we can make it" I said
"But do you think Yuusuke is there?" Said Sasuke
"There is 50% that Yuusuke is there, and 100% that someone is probably there, we don't even know where and when did Yuusuke got this route did he told you anything?"
Sasuke shook his head, "No he never told me about it"
"Let's go" I said
I get the things needed for our journey, I pack food, water, clothes, blankets, and guns and knives
I put it all at the back of our mini truck
"Got any candies there?" Manjiro asked
"Yeah" I said and he went there to get some
Sasuke get on the back, while Manjiro sat next to the driver's sit, I'll drive us there but it would take a while
While on the road I felt that the atmosphere is too quiet so I decided to play a music but then Manjiro changes the music to his taste
I let him be and didn't quarreled for that
We left in the afternoon but I'm still kinda bit sleepy, but I can't do anything right now the two are asleep
Sunset is going down, and I'm sure the guys are hungry now so I stop by to a restaurant near the sea and it's isolated far away from the city far away from villages
I get off the car, Sasuke and Manjiro are still asleep so I didn't bother to wake them up and I decided to take a walk outside when I get away from them but not that far, I take a sit on the ground while looking at the sun goes down and waited for the sky to get darker
I take a deep breath, "We will fight you got that!" I shouted and throw away all of my worries and burdens, for now I'm giving all of my determinations
"HAJIME SETSUEI WE WILL FIGHT FAIRLY" I spout
"I WON'T LOSE THIS TIME" I said
"BECAUSE I'VE LOSE A LOT OF TIMES ALREADY" I showed quiet a tears there
I wipe it away and get up, "I won't give up, no matter what, I shall bring fort justice"
"What are you shouting at?" I was startled by a familiar voice coming from the dark and when I saw who it belongs to, it was Manjiro
I push him away, "Nothing concerning you"
Sasuke is already awake his leaning on our mini truck outside
"Let's have dinner, I'm hungry" Manjiro complained
"I knew that," I sweetly showed a smile and I was kind of surprised when I noticed that he widened his eyes a bit, but he recovers easily
Did he found out? No no no he won't...
"Don't smile, you remind me of someone I knew" he said directly to me
I pouted, he did remember me somehow
After we had our dinner we continue our journey but this time Sasuke take over, I was sitting at the back of the passenger sit, Manjiro stayed to his position
Manjiro is the first to fall asleep, and I was the second and when I wake up it's already morning and Sasuke is still driving
We had breakfast on the road with the food I brought with us to this journey, And I continue to drive, Sasuke and I change place
We are mostly near the mountain now and it's lunch, we stop for a moment and I cook us some stew and eat, this time the one who will drive us was Manjiro, we switch place, I put some music this time Manjiro didn't change it
And when the evening comes Manjiro is still our driver and we only had bread for dinner, me and Sasuke changes sit and I was the first one to fall asleep with a piano lullaby being played
When I woke up in the morning we are already at the mountains and Manjiro was still at the driver's sit and currently taking a break
We are getting nearer to the place, and I admit I'm nervous we don't know what awaits us there
We had breakfast, and Sasuke drove us there, Manjiro's besides me at the back sit
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"We'll just walk from here, it's risky If we continue to drive" said Sasuke
We get off pull a bag from the trunk of the the truck got ourself armed before entering the forest
We walk and walk until we got to an abandoned church, it is huge and spooky
The sun is setting out, and it will get darker here any minute
This is weird, no one's inside only bricks and woods
"Yousei look out" someone push me
Tch! Someone already knew that we are coming, but we didn't came here to expect nothing
We are now surrounded for about 10 - 25 people
"Who would thought that this would turn out to be fun that I expected" Manjiro grinned and started fighting 5 people in one a second
"I wouldn't lose Manjiro" Sasuke fought 7 people in a second
"You two, this is not a competition" I finish the rest
We found out a route, this might take us to their hideout, we followed the path until it gets us from that one door
I opened it carefully, we enter and saw Yuusuke tied up drench with blood and next to him was Setsu
"You came..." Setsu looked at us and grinned
Surely, he isn't the Setsuei I know
He completely change
"Ara~ if this is Sano Manjiro-kun"
"HAJIME!!!" Manjiro's all fired up, and his in rage mode the moment he saw Setsu
"Sasuke-kun, Yuusuke-kun will die any minute now" Setsu put a knife on unconscious Yuusuke's face
But Setsu throw his knife away
"Where's Shinya, she's the one that I wanted to see right now?" He asked and take his sit
"What do you want from her?" Said Sasuke angrily
"Did you know? Isana Sanjiro is alive, and I just wanted to inform her" he said and grinned once again
I widened my eyes, just like what Muichiro told me before he died, Brother Sanjiro is alive but he lost his memories
"But I guess there is no need to find her since she came to me herself right Yousei Mana-kun" Setsu's still grinning
My eyes were rather emotional, I fix my hair tied it up and letting both sides of my hair flow freely
'ah! a!' practice my voice to it's normal tone
Sasuke look at me concerned and I eye him that everything is fine
I look at Setsu eye to eye
"That's right Setsu, I am Suou Shinya" I confessed