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Chapter 17: Run GO Run

"7 Deadly sins collected?" soprano tones, clucked word accent minimal asa. His arm moved wiping the sweat, looking back at the dim, "That means he ...."

Vermillion was silent, occasionally scratching his head or groaning in frustration. He moved, shaking his head to gather focus. Desing eaves sealed the air, processing the symphony with the active dentum sol tracing the floor of the evacuation room. The blond strands blushed in rhythmic motion of the master as he hurriedly left the space, ignoring nothing else.

This place where there are waterfalls and rivers flow quite fast; trees grow lush as ornamental forests; wild flowers are various colors like sweeteners among the green hollow of the velvet carpet, there was a woman dressed in a black dress, as close as her hair. Right, Mizu's unconscious.

The genie rests near the body of the lover, his movements like a restless person. The blond young man carefully threw Mizu's head into the lap. Hand rubbed the fallen woman's bangs, tidying them up.

"Mi! Mi wake. You all right?"

The marble petals rolled up, faintly looking at the green eyes in front. "Jin .. yes, I'm fine."

"Oh thank God, I'm very-mmph," the strand of the word blurted out as Mizu's lips silenced without permission. The face of the ayu was tilted up, directly to Jin's face. The water shakes the fire, becoming just as warm.

Jin blinked in surprise, the next second Vermillion closed his petals. Touching Mizu's cheeks full of affection. The girl felt wet from the tears that were not hers. Dropped a few times, then Jin's face lifted a few inches. The young man's smile seemed—erh—various flickering fire in the dark nature.

"Bas stupid." That's what he heard. Then a tinge appeared on Mizu's pale cheeks. His laughter sounded. Mizu got up, sitting right in front of the lover. There were no wounds on his body, not even a thread was broken.

Quickly Jin embraces Mizu, drowning tightly until kissing the typical vanilla of the woman. "I'm, really worried ...."

"You're always overreacting, Jin."

"But .." said Jin, pointing his finger right and taking off a hug, "That's um, that's .. 'cause I'm .. a-I love you, Mizu."

The uncluttered and completely vague answer made Mizu laugh crisply, moreover seeing her scratching her clumsy head as even a red hue appeared on her cheeks.

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Mizu. Jin just peeked at her cheek? Is that so? Perhaps throwing an astonished look with a frown was enough to make him understand what the young Shikurai meant.

"sorry. Mizu is sweet" he said with a warm smile.

"What the hell," Mizu glared in the other direction. Avoiding the sight of colliding with the green eyes. "Let's get serious, Jin!"

Jin laughed lightly, displaying a row of his white teeth. The young man was always much better if near his lover. Ah, it's okay like this. Better like this.

Silence spread for a few seconds.

"When she passed me," Mizu opened her mouth again to make Jin's attention on her, the look of the wood was serious. "He said something but he said it so slowly. Then I was unconscious."

"He hurt you?" The woman replied by shaking her head making Jin surprised. What happened was so unexpected that he got caught up in something.

"The Hope .. he said that 7 Deadly Sins have been collected."

"H-haaa?! How--but Apple ...."

"Then from that, it's all beyond estimation." Jin squeezed his straight hair as if dizzy pierced sharply. All of this was completely unexpected, they ... failed to stop the 7 Deadly Sins.

"Let's go see Xavier."

...-ooO-i...

Slowly try to get up using your knees as a support. Xavier held his head with one hand and looked around, the other teachers were also able to get up. Somehow it all felt so fast and.

Striking carbon, looking up briefly lamenting the luster of nature's canvas. Slightly scowled because the magenta gurat was not lost, even worse. If this continues, the balance of the two worlds will be shattered and--

Instantly his attention was fixed on the voice that was calling out loud. "Teacher!"

"Ah. Mizu and ... Jin, are you all right?"

Jin's eyes widened to see how messy this place was, although not as bad as where he found Yukio and Apple. The arrows struck the ground and even the trees; dark patches of blood adorned the grass; shards of shard around the dormitory building, but the teachers were unharmed even on Xavier's body without a scratch.

"Teacher, what's going on here?"

"You're curious, Mizu? We tried to stop that guy-oh-oh! Did you guys cross paths with him?"

"Yes. He passed me but, I was unconscious afterwards."

"Unconscious? Fight with him?" The question from the burly teacher was answered with a slug by Mizu.

Xavier held his chin, clearly an expression like one who thought even next to his brown eyebrows rose. Then throw a look at Jin. Understanding the intent of the teacher, the young man Vermillion spoke up.

"Then he came to my place. I was really worried, I thought Mizu was hurt. Arriving in the evacuation room, too, the man did not attack at all. I don't know what he wants to do but .. he says, 7 Deadly sins are collected. After that go."

"Wait ... what?"

"7 Deadly sins are collected."

"But how can?! It's Apple--"

"He's not after me." The typical cry of a young girl greets the hearing, making all the attention on her—Apple who bend the face deeply.

"He is not ..." His jaw is hardened. Apple shook its head, trying to get rid of the tightness that suddenly appeared. "Take after me like you said."

At a time like this should be dusk change night with orange curate in the western horizon slowly swallowed soot, followed by the existence of hundred flickers of jokes of the stars accompany the moon. But no, all of it was immersed in magenta processions and thunderous roars. There are no owl or nocturnal creatures as usual, making this atmosphere even more tense.

A clear thread flows, emerging from the gap of the female petals. Apple cried, but desperately held back sobs also trembled. "Ji-if he's really after Vessel Pride that you said you guys have in me. he must have done it a long time ago. Because he saved me, that night .. brought me to the Nura clan. She lives with me."

Instantly everything was silent, somehow a wild guilt gnawed at the inner. Shortness, heartbeats are no longer the same. The emotion goes up until the face feels hot. But this is all for the sake of protecting humans, right? It is not their fault also to do the defense, because no one knows ....

Breath of a little girl hunting. Indeed he managed to dampen it, but it felt so crowded. "If only you .. would listen for a moment."

"But he's an assault-"

"He didn't! Are you guys hurt? Even when it was ... Yukio attacked first! I saw ... all!" voice trembling. Apple breathed a rough sigh, sticking the forehead on the back of the hand that gripped increasingly tightly, like wanting to scream but held tight until the red face was already.

"I don't know .. what he wants. Maybe he wants to meet me, because I want to meet him too! But you never gave me a chance! Just a moment .. even for a moment. Even ... And that book, I don't know why I have it either. But now I realize, because I'm the only one who thinks of it .. man!"

"She, lonely. Don't know ... express it properly."

Surprising things happen, Jin's advance bag glows from inside. Quickly the blonde youth took it out but the electric sting was precisely snatched from the ancient storybook, as if unwilling to be touched. It fell on the grass and opened on the eighth sheet.

More colorful than others with open wooden windows, depicting a radiant blue sky. In the house, a woman was sitting dangling on a mattress and under it was a young man leaning his head on the woman's thigh. Seemed calm, especially .. The woman was like stroking the young man's head.

It reads: "Lonely hope falls in love with a witch. Hope gets the name. Happy, happy, she gets loved ones calling her name day after day. For the first time in his life, hope knows what 'loved things' mean'. Love, love, hope call the witch's name day by day. For the first time in his life, he knew the meaning of 'family'. The witch read the story. Merrily, merrily, he's reading stories day after day. For the first time in his life, hope knows the meaning of 'happiness'."

Ah ....

It felt so tired, the tongue became muffled. Sudden concentration breaks easily. They catch their breath, try to control the faint pain that continues to strengthen and .. succeed, but the dizziness is like a hammer strike. They're wrong, wrong big.

He can feel the nasal mucosa that clogs, making it difficult to breathe. You can feel the heat coming out of your body. He could feel the knee that could not be used as a pedestal for a while, the legs vibrate. The little girl was crying. Apple stepped foot, his face red and wet because of the surge of sadness. Knees limp so fast that he creeps toward the foot of the Jin level, reaching for an ancient storybook that says Story about "RED" which is no longer shining. The sweat thread was still the majority in his entire body. It's painful, painful to see.

Hugging tightly the book .. somehow it feels warm, makes the petals of the little girl closed for a moment to remove the liquid that began to pool there, but he was powerless because the flow is very heavy. It was sad to see but ... all were silent, teachers; Jin; Mizu; Xavier. More precisely they feel guilty; guilty; what should they do now? Because it's too late .. no, there's still something to do.

"I'll be in control of EA."

"Ji-Jin?!"

"Because Yukio has given me his power, right? I'll--"

"No! No. gabe. Better you ... use your strength to protect yourself. Can you ... fight the form of destruction itself? You said it, didn't you?!" Apple squealed bitterly in a voice that increasingly shook, making them back tightly shut.

Thumping choked, swallowing the hard saliva to end the suffocating air, for it was true what the girl said; the Ark had collapsed; EA had disbanded; 7 Deadly sins had accumulated. No, there must be hope.

"Maybe we could--"

"Aaaaah! Why don't you ever listen?!" The Apple cry broke out already, defeating the silence that was once in power.

Rushing the little girl ran away staggered, leaving them bowed.

...-ooO-i...

He fell again, I don't know how many times Apple has fallen. His knee was scratched and started to bleed a little and he didn't care, just kept running. I don't know where but the legs don't stop even though staggering.

Again the blonde girl stumbled. The smell of wet soil mingled with her tears was heartbreaking. Unable to stand, he huddled on the ground. The noise was strong, especially this place was silent; there were no great-grandchildren of other birds and insects; there were no solar flares. This ... first place REDstar appeared—region Ark.

Dizziness .. pain. It was so painful in the left rib, it spread all over the body that the little girl squeezed the shirt on the chest. Gripping, pulling it with all his might hoping that the pill was gone. Interesting again, crying again. Depressing. Even the book is still in the loop.

He didn't know why this book was on him. Book memoirs about the past? But why is it different? Perhaps, it was indeed only him who looked at the all-black young man was a human. Ordinary people who can feel .. feel the despair in the heart. How thought. Everyone deserves to be happy, including her, right? Why was he never given a chance? The book may be a clue to do something about her ... Now what should it be? Since it's all too late, what's the wait for ma----

"Already Apple, don't cry. I'm still here." His vision was trying to find the origin of the sound. That ....

Instantly a female figure—uh, a little transparent?—short hair like a male appears in front of her. Apple tries to sit down. The woman helped him, very well. Finally it worked, crying also subsided but sobs are still stirring.

"Who ... Who, you?"

"My name is Kotetsu, I am the embodiment of the REDstar katana."

The little guy's cry broke when he heard that name. Sontak Kotetsu gathered in front of Apple, really kimono wrapped in traditional lamina with a color dominated by moss and black moss mingled with nature. It felt so warm, a soft embrace like silk.

"No, it's .. merrily, merrily."

The pale hand gently caressed the top of Apple's head, his voice like a sentosa rhythm. Slowly touching the cheek, just like ... REDstar, even his words as well. Win hearts. This time Apple's cry really subsided, just a little sobbing but it might be gone.

"After accidentally hurting you, he left me here. Please forgive me, Apple." The intended girl answered him with a slow nod, tired really felt.

"I miss him ...."

"Yes .. she is too."

"But why-hicks, he's gone?"

"Because he was afraid of hurting, he was afraid. Apple, cry if it makes you better." These words of sympathy make the heart cool. Because weary also .. cry. This hug is reassuring, it doesn't feel like letting go.

"Repeating?"

"He never explained it further and .. there was one more katana he had. It smelled like blood, he never wanted to use it. It seems to have something to do with it."

"Weapons ... others?"

"Yes, the katana is worn out and soulless. His age might be as old as her. I was handed over by Scarlet when REDstar joined Nura, to be honest I was in charge of keeping an eye on her. I see he always does his job well."

"He is, indeed, a good man, but why .. why ...."

"Perhaps .. destiny."

Apple clasped tightly onto the arm of the kimono of the embodiment of the sword, as heavy as it was for further speech. Destiny? Is that so? His destiny is hard. Is this fair? People say destiny can be changed, and so can he? But, now ....

Realizing Apple's different moves, Kotetsu tried to melt the atmosphere. "Umh, Apple, after this what do you want to do? I will go back to Lord Scarlet for seeing the purple sky like this, marked by danger. He might need help dealing with the territory of Another World."

"Not looking-seeking REDstar?"

Kotetsu. "Wind it, but it can't. He cut my contract, more precisely .. I really lost track of him."

"I, want ... to go home."

Go home, but where? Because it was impossible for him to return to the academy and it was impossible to also return to the Nura clan. It must be nice to have a place to come back.

"I'm going to Luchifenian" continued the blonde.

^^^You may flee, but not from your sin.^^^