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Chapter 42 - Silent But Subtle

Venti had arrived at Sumeru one day, him, Nahida and Yaoyao were all talking like oldheads. "Sorry we didn't invite you to the celebration" said Nahida. "It was boring there anyways, Miko was just boasting about how great she was for 3 hours" "At least it's better than getting your, uh, butt beat by a bunch of tennis players" laughed Venti. "Yeah, I suppose so, but it would've been fun to see you struggle" joked Yaoyao. "I wasn't struggling, I took them down with one hit" protested Venti. "That's not what the people down in Inazuma said" continued the two Dendros. They kept teasing Venti until he changed the subject. "Ahem now, who are these two young Dendros" he asked. "These are Collei and Tiga, Baizhu's out for this week, but they are reliable workers" complimented Nahida. "Hello Mr. Venti, nice to meet you!" said Collei cheerfully. "Nice to meet you too, now about this Tiga, he looks-" "What's that about me, I'm a plain Dendro, I speak as I find, my appearance may be garrish to some, but that's just how I roll" interrupted Tiga. "Oh", said Venti, "That's uh interesting to say the least" he finished. He then went on to talk to Klee and her squad. "Is that Venti?" asked Sayu quietly. "The one and only, what's your name, little one?" "My name's Sayu, I'm a Anemo like you, I escaped from some murdering Hydros with the help of Dori here" "Ah, doesn't sound that different from what we usually do" said Venti. Sayu couldn't bear it any longer. "Can I come with you to Anemoculus to meet all the other Anemos?!" she blurted out. "Sure, but I do have one question, are you afraid of heights?" "I mean no, but- "Ok, here we go!" chortled Venti, he grabbed Sayu, and they shot up in the air like rockets. "Damn, Sayu really said that she wanted to meet Jesus" added Mona. When they arrived, Sayu was fast asleep. "Wake up, sleepyhead, we're here" said Venti. Sayu opened her eyes and saw 4 people staring right at here. "Uh hello, my name's Sayu, who are you?" she asked. "What's up, little Anemos, my name's Wanderer, I like your Panda outfit, in fact, do you want it to be your new nickname" he asked. "Panda does sound nice, so sure" she said while feeling herself. "You know, Venti, you go ahead and rest, I'll show her around" Wanderer suggested. "Oh yes, please do because I am tired" said Venti as he headed off to sleep. "You see, Sayu, us Anemos are all basically runaways, our previous owners thought us not useful, so they abandoned us, and we're fortunately founded by kind souls and then we just chill here, we hardly do any work" he explained. Sayu couldn't get her words out, she was in awe. "Yeah I know, heavy stuff, but it is nice to chill up in the clouds, you know" Wanderer said. "Yeah" replied Sayu calmly. "Now this is our very own Kazuha, say hi to our little Panda" "You must be thinking it is a great honor to meet the Kaedehara Kazuha, the only surviving member of the once proclaimed Kaedehara clan, yes you are correct, small one" he said importantly. "Don't worry, he does this with every newcomer and the funny part is, he sucks as a samurai" Wanderer laughed. "Ah so maybe my skill are a bit wonky, but I am still very nobel" he praised. "Yeah yeah, sure" replied Wanderer. "Now we have Sucrose and, oh, it looks like they're drawing something" "Yo Sucrose, whatchu drawing?" he asked, but Sucrose didn't hear him, they just kept drawing. "Hey, Sucrose, you there?" "Oh, sorry about that, I was drawing a picture of all of us together, do you like it?" "Oh my God, look at this, Panda, this is really good, isn't it?" "Yeah, I quite like it, you are very talented, Sucrose" "Aww, thank you" they blushed. "Now lastly, we have Jean, and well she's, uh-" "I'm just an ordinary Anemos, nothing else to it" she said. "Yeah, she's quite grouchy most of the time, best not to disturb her" finished Wanderer. "So?" "You guys are really amazing, it was a pleasure meeting you all" said Sayu cheerfully. "Well, you're always welcome back here if you wanna visit, well best to take you home, it's been a long day, you need sleep" said Wanderer. "Yeah, but not jump too fast-" But it was too late, they dived all the way to Sumeru and landed safely. "Goodnight, Panda" he whispered to Sayu and gave her a kiss on the forehead before leaving. When he arrived home, he saw that Jean and Sucrose were talking. "Do you know what?" asked Sucrose. "What?" replied Jean. "Do you know what?" "What?!" "Do you know what?" "Spit it out, damn it!" snapped Jean. "Uh, do you wanna make some experiments with me? they asked. "No thank you, I'm tired of you already, so just do them by yourself" Jean said before heading off to sleep herself. Next morning, Sucrose still felt hurt, they went to Wanderer to share their frustrations. "What's up, Sucrose, why are you sad?" he asked. "It's Jean, whenever I ask her something, she explodes at me and tells me to go bother someone else. "She's always like that, Sucrose, you just have to get use to it" put in Kazuha, but Sucrose couldn't get use to it. "I think it's about time you and me taught that Anemo a lesson, don't you think?" said Wanderer while planning a prank to pull on Jean. "Uh sure, I guess, but I don't want anyone to get hurt" they added. "Maybe" said Wanderer while snickering. Later, Wanderer asked Jean if she wanted to see Sucrose's latest experiment. "All they do is mix some things up and it either changes a different color or explodes" said Jean. "Guess I know where Barbara's jerk headedness came from, looks like the apple doesn't fall far" he whispered. "What was that about my sister?!" "Nothing, uh do you have a penny" he asked innocently. "Uh, sure, why?" "You'll see" said Wanderer while winking at Sucrose. "Alright Jean, for this experiment, I need you to drop a penny in here" explained Sucrose. "Fine, let's just get this over with" So Jean dropped the penny in the container, nothing happened until suddenly a cloud of smoke covered Jean's entire face. "Ha ha ha!" chuckled Wanderer. "Now Jean, you said it would just explode, so you shouldn't be too surprised" added Sucrose. Jean just stormed away while cleaning her face, the two were still laughing when Jean was sleeping. "Thank you, Wanderer, I love you as a friend" said Sucrose sweetly. "I love you too" added Wanderer while hugging them, and they both went to sleep peacefully.