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Chapter 39 - Blooming Rose

Yoshi walked out of the grocery store and was prepared to go home. But suddenly, he saw smoke in the distance. He went over to see what was happening. Once he got to the scene, he saw a building on fire with firemen, policemen, and dozens of civilians at the scene. An apartment complex was on fire. 

There was a father who was begging the firefighters to get his son, who was still trapped inside the burning building. However, the firemen wouldn't let him through.

After hearing this, without hesitation ran pass the firemen and police officers and dashed inside the building. He turned into his dragon keeper form inside once he was out of sight to give him resistance to the flames.

He followed the sound of the kids crying and found him strapped under a fallen door. Star transformed back as the boy looked over to him and he kicked the door of the young child.

"A-Are you a superhero?" The boy asked weakly.

"Yes, and I'm here to save you."

Yoshi held the kid in his arms and princess carried the boy through the flames. A burning stake was about to fall on his head, but he knocked it away with his hand.

He managed to bring the son back to the father, who had black hair and green eyes. His father frantically started to check up on the boy. Yoshi tried to leave without saying anything, but the father stopped him.

"Thank you, sir, for saving my son! I can't express my undying gratitude. Tell, me what is your name?"

"Yoshi."

The man reached into his wallet and pulled out 1,000,000 yen and handed it to Yoshi. "Please, accept this as a token of my appreciation."

"No, I couldn't."

"Please, I must insist."

"Seriously, man, it's fine. You and your son's clothes are burnt, so why don't you use that money to buy him some new clothes."

"S-Sir..."

"If you wanna make it up to me, take good care of this little one."

The man got on his hands and his knees before Yoshi. "I will sir! Thank you!"

Yoshi chuckled awkwardly. He was about to walk away, but then he recognized someone running past him to the child. It was a woman who bent down to frantically check on him as well.

"Sweetheart, are you ok?!" The woman said.

"Yes, mommy. That man saved me."

The woman looked at Yoshi and he looked at her. Yoshi recognized the woman. It was Rose, and she recognized him immediately as well. The atmosphere became overwhelmingly thick. After nearly half a minute of awkward silence, Rose got up from the ground and politely bowed to Yoshi.

"Thank you, sir, for saving my son."

"You're... welcome... I guess."

"Darling, can you please take little Yuri to the car? I want to talk to this man for a second."

"Of course." Her husband replied cheerfully. The two of them walked away to the car, where the father gave his son, Yuri, a piggyback ride while pretending to be a Viking.

Rose then turned to Yoshi. "I have... a lot of questions. You're a mom?... You know what, that's irrelevant."

"We might be enemies, but you still saved my son. I'm a mother first, terrorist second."

"Wow. Ok, Mrs. Morally flexible."

"Still, as a mother, I'm grateful to a degree you can't understand for saving my precious son. So, as long as you stay out of Star's way, I can make sure he doesn't harm you or your friends."

"Can you really control him?"

"No, but I can try to convince him."

"Whatever. I gotta go now anyways, but I do have one question. As a mother and a wife, why would you put your family in harm's way by association with the most dangerous and hated man in the world."

"I... don't have a choice in the matter."

"What do you mean?"

"..."

"You killed Derozues members, and, from what Alice told me, you were crying in your own laboratory. You seem more like a Skyfall Dance soldier Thank a member of Yelren. So, why?"

"You wouldn't understand-"

"You know what, forget it. If you really wanna thank me, answer this one question. What happened to my mom?"

"Oh, that woman? Star... used her body for pleasure, then killed her. He was originally gonna do it in front of you, but decided not to because he knew you'd just see it as him giving her mercy."

"..."

"Same with that young teenage girl. You probably should tell that female friend of yours. Anyways, good day and stay safe."

And just like that, Rose walked away, leaving Yoshi there all alone.