"Well, not the plan I was hoping to be honest. " Lily commented as she caught up with the teenager.
"But, I'll guess it'll work out. What do you say Shinji-kun, should we go in?"
"Yeah, it looks like it'll be fun. " He simply responded as he closed his eyes, going to his pockets he took out the entrances the clown gave him.
"Let's go".
As they approached the gates there was a small cabin that stood out from everything else, Shinji guessed that would be the ticket booth. "Welcome!" A girlish voice was heard from within the booth.
There stood a blond girl wearing what appeared to be two ribbons and a visor that had 'circus' written on it. "Do you want to purchase tickets?"
"Uh, not really. " Shinji was the one speaking.
"We met a guy that works here that handled me this-" He took the tickets out and showed them to the girl, "-He said they were free tickets to the circus".
"Oh! You met Goro, I'm surprised he was able to give you the tickets. He has a knack for scaring everyone he talks to.
" The woman said as scratched the bridge of her nose, clearly unaware of the sweatdrop present on the pair in front of her.
"But, can't say I'm not glad he succeeded in giving those tickets out. " She said as she changed the topic.
"Anyway, those are free tickets for the day. You can enter for free and enjoy the circus to your heart's content!" Chirped the cashier.
As the teenager gave the tickets to the girl, she accepted them and let the pair inside the circus.
Lights from various colors emanated from the various stands across the circus, although the vast majority of them were with their curtains down or 'coming soon' signs.
"Looks like they are still preparing everything. " Commented Shinji as they walked through the stands.
"Half the attractions are closed too. " He looked at a roller coaster that was missing half of its tracks, it was still under construction.
"Maybe, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the rest of it. " Said Lily as she was looking at the various stands that were open.
"Oi little ones!" A voice spoke from one of the stands next to them, "Care to try and shoot the targets? I bet you can't even hit one!"
"Sure. " The teenager spoke before her companion could even have a word to say.
Although Shinji was not someone to show it, he was extremely competitive and that would increase if someone threw him a challenge.
As they approached the stand, they saw it was some kind of shooting range, a field paint decorating background and two rifles in front, probably to shoot with them.
"Tell ya what kiddo, you take out three of my little targets here and I'll give you a prize. " He demonstrated what the targets were by clicking a button and various ducks with different colors appeared in front of them throughout the wall of the shooting range.
"With so many of them this should be easy. All right old man, we got a deal.
" The teenager accepted the challenge with a cocky grin present on his face.
"Bahahaha, that's the spirit kid! It'll be forty yen for five rounds. " The owner of the stand gave him a rifle as he accepted the money.
'All right, five shots, only three need to hit. ' Shinji sighed as he readied his stance in front of the target range.
'Devils have enhanced reflexes right? This should be easy. '
As the man switched a lever the game came to life, music resounding as lights kept turning on and off. The black haired teen was not paying attention to those details, all his mind was recognizing were the ducks that kept appearing from random spots throughout the shooting range.
Some of those going up or down and others just crossing from one spot to the other at rather high speed.
'All right. ' Shinji inhales air, slowly exhaling with a slow breath.
'Enhanced reflexes, I need to concentrate. ' As he said that his mind was only focusing on the targets in front of him, his vision got a little redder probably because of the devil instincts responding to him.
In a matter of seconds he was starting to look at his surroundings moving slower than they should be, the duck's pattern becoming quite visible to him instead of just a blur of movement.
A small grin appeared on his face. 'You didn't expect to face a devil old man, you're mine.
' He aimed at a duck that popped in front of him as he prepared his finger on the trigger, no words left to speak he shot. The rubber bullet speeding away from him to the target.
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Only to see the duck move to the right and he missed the shot.
"Huh, what?" He blinked a couple of times, he wasn't prepared for the duck to evade the shot.
"Bahahaha, yes I forgot to tell you they can move left to right now, did I?" The old man started to laugh at how the teenager missed.
"Oi, that's cheating!" He shouted back to the old man.
"It's not cheating, you can't expect someone or even a duck to just sit still and be shot, do you?" He countered while sitting next to the pair. "C'mon kiddo, you have four rounds left, only three need to hit.
"
He loaded the rifle again, this time aiming at one of the ducks moving from one point of the shooting range to another, slowing down as he concentrated on it. 'Alright, straight line, you're mine.
' He shot the rubber ball to it.
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Only for the duck to jump and evade it.
"What the hell was that!?" He shouted as he was about to have a rage attack.
"Bahahaha! You weren't expecting that, were you?" The old man resumed laughing at the black haired teen.