RISE OF CHIMERA: The Beginning Of This Story
~FIGHTING BEAR 3~
“Haaah, thank goodness.”
Yoki sat on his back, after all the tension had gone. He sat down with both hands propping him up behind.
As for Gaia, she was still pensive with the remark earlier. But, the effect was now drastically reduced.
“Blood! Again failed.”
Gaia threw a sideways glance, as Kenichi came to approach her. He felt unworthy to look at his friends, because he did nothing.
“Kenichi, are you okay?”
When asked, Kenichi immediately looked at the stomach. There is a scar wound that runs diagonally to the left. The wound must have made his shirt torn, in line with the claw.
“It hurts anyway. But, I'm fine.”
“Haaah, you're too reckless Kenichi. It's best that the wound is treated.”
Kenichi sat down, about to return the words.
“Yahaha, okay okay. Um, by the way how is Gaia doing?”
Now the two glanced towards Gaia who was still throwing gazes from the two of them.
“E-ehm, I .. I'm fine.”
“Haaah, do you still think about it?”
The question caught Gaia's attention a little. His eyes glanced at Kenichi for a moment, then returned to his original position.
“You mean?”
“That was it?”
Yoki comes into the conversation with a question that is asked.
“Ahh ti-no me .…”
“Haaah listen to Gaia. None of us can do everything. Everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. You have the advantage of cooking and for us, it's okay if you want to involve us in your talent. We are friends and it is our duty to equip one with another.”
“Hahaha, it turns out Kenichi can also be a motivator.”
Yoki ambushed again, with a plunge.
“Nih boy wants to be slapped well.”
Kenichi accompanies her by curling Yoki's neck. Not seriously, just a joke. It was already visible, from the laughter issued by the two.
But unfortunately, their other friend was not provoked by it.
Gaia also pretended not to care, still ignoring Kenichi's words. But, it could not hide his ears. His ears were still open and still heard every word that came in.
“Again, thank you well for that one.”
“Hah?”
Now Gaia was completely affected. The gaze that had been thrown away, was now staring at Kenichi.
“What am I useful?”
“Of course, if you don't become the bait. Maybe the animal will still be focused on me.”
Hearing him, made Gaia unable to withstand the grief. She immediately cried and hugged Kenichi tightly. There he took it all out, the sadness that was harbored earlier.
“Ta-but, can I bandage your wounds. Well, as an apology from me.”
Gaia said, letting go of her embrace. Her crying was now over and her tears had come out.
“Why not.”
Kenichi replied with a smile. He was happy, because his friend was better.
*****
After Kenichi's wound had been treated and closed, he immediately got up from his position earlier. Yoki and Gaia were standing next.
“Can you walk?”
“Dumb base hahaha .. The person I was on the way here kok.”
Kenichi even added it with a teak in Yoki's head.
“Adudujudu, if so I should add more to your wound.”
“Heh, where can people who always lose to me, can hurt me.”
Kenichi quipped, bowing to Yoki. Meanwhile, Yoki threw out a gaze because he had already received a crushing attack.
“Oh well, you can go home by yourself?”
“Yeah, that's it.”
Kenichi answered Gaia's question, patting the now-closed wound.
“What if we go home together? in exchange for this trip.”
“So much, if your money is still there. Anyway, it's afternoon.”
Yoki stared at his phone, about to confirm the current time. Still two and a half hours, the bus in the city is still operating at that hour.
“It is, if Gaia?”
Yoki asked while looking at Gaia.
“I'm coming with aja.”
Finally the decision was made. Although today's plan failed, but at least they are still intact in a state that can be said to be good.
The three went down the hill and boarded a bus that passed by on the road. Eating a fairly short time, the three of them spent it with a joke on the bus.
They reached a deserted alley, like there was no sign of life in the alley. The three went down in tandem.
“Did Kenichi really live in a place like this?”
Yoki asked inwardly. He caught a glimpse of the scene that lay before him. The store line closes and graffiti and gravity decorate it.
But the time is not much, because Kenichi has already walked first and they have to follow him.
After exploring the alley, they arrived at an old building. The building looks very old and unkempt, from the appearance of the building has two levels.
At first glance they both see the house and judge it as an abandoned house, not maintained and strangely again, there is a fishy smell in the house. A fishy smell that was as fragrant and so stung him that they both felt nauseous because of it.
But not to show and show the meaning explicitly. They appreciate Kenichi, even though his friend has a variety of mysteries.
“That's my house.”
Kenichi walked over and stayed away from the two of them. The two of them were only allowed to drive up to the edge of the front yard of the house.
Kenichi turned towards the two of them and then waved his hand, a sign of goodbye
“Dah, Yoki and Gaia.”
Yoki and Gaia return Kenichi's wishes, then turn around and move away from the house. As for Kenichi, his house was already right behind him. So he turned around and went in.
“That was, what smell was yah?”
In his murmur, Yoki asked. He was still reluctant to reveal the question.
Gaia asked, with steps still running.
“Heee, just relax. It wasn't your failure kok.”
Not just an answer, Yoki accompanied him with his hands hugging Gaia's shoulder, This certainly made Gaia shocked, let alone done without cueing.
“Kyaaa .…”
A slap reflexively managed to land on Yoki's cheek.
“Ughhh, what's my fault?”
“Seriously, I actually still feel bad.”
“Haaah, I told you Kenichi. Don't feel the most useless among the three of us. Everything has its own advantages, just not in its place.”
Yoki looked forward, while Gaia still focused her gaze towards Yoki.
“I want to ask you something.”
Now it was Yoki's turn to look at her at the side, while Gaia looked forward.
“Is there anything strange about me?”
The question did not raise any suspicions for Yoki, he simply considered it a normal question.
“What well, most fitting you say you want to join the cooking competition. I didn't think you could cook hehe.”
“Already expected, I can't solve this mystery either.”
After muttering, Gaia turned her eyes towards Yoki again.
“Again?”
For a moment Yoki thought, with one hand visibly scratching his cheek.
“Ehmmm, own your behavior times. Lately, you've been turning weird and somehow, you're like someone else. Then the last one ...,” Yoki turned his eyes to look at Gaia, “The horn-shaped Bando.”
Gaia flinched, at the latter's reply. But the shock is invisible, only hidden in the heart.
“Eee .. ehm.”
Gaia immediately threw away her foresight, she was unwilling to continue with her question. It seems he is satisfied. But again, he also did not know the answer to the question, which he made from Yoki's answer.
“Not to be taken seriously Gaia, I just .…”
“Hey you guys.”
Someone suddenly blocked their path. The path was still an alley, so even if it blocked only one person, the person's body had already covered almost half the shoulder of the road.
“Iya, what's up?”
“Why are you still in the area? It's already afternoon.”
His form was a mustachioed father who wore a bowler hat and a long black suit.
“Eee ... We just drove our friend home.”
“Oh so, next time when it's late afternoon you guys go home quickly. Moreover, the bus will stop operating when the day before night.”
“Ba-good sir.”
Yoki and Gaia went back on their way, after the father had gone out of their way.
“Opaan anyway, the night is also still long. After all, buses in this city will stop operating in about 3 hours.”
Gaia muttered, from here she began to feel the peculiarity of the father's words. Just know not, but the father was already familiar with them. That's what Gaia thought.
“Oh well wait a minute, what's your friend's name?”
When the distance between them was already ten meters away, the father suddenly asked in an elevated tone. It was done, so that Yoki and Gaia could hear his voice.
The plan worked, Yoki and Gaia turned back to serve her question.
“Kenichi.”
“Love?”
“Eee, why did you ask?”
Now it was Gaia's turn to ask, she began to feel suspicious of the father's behavior. Why did the father ask his full name?
“If the father has any business with Kenichi, he should definitely know what his full name is. If the father was just a fad to ask, why did he know the full name of Kenichi. Just a nickname, right, anyway the person must not know Kenichi.”
That's the result of the analysis of Gaia's brain, she's not just the origin of asking questions. There is a strong argument in it.
But just a mutter, which is shown only a sharp gaze that focuses on the movements of his interlocutor.
As for Yoki's expression, he simply followed the groove. After all, he believed in the actions of his friend.
“Ahh, it's okay.”
The answer was just like that, completely unsatisfactory to Gaia. The father simply added a scratch to his head, then turned around and disappeared at the intersection of the alley.
As for Gaia, it could only shudder in annoyance. Fortunately the father went to the hallway that was not the hallway that led to Kenichi's house.
“Haaah .. Go to Gaia, don't need to be serious.”
Yoki patted Gaia on the shoulder, then turned around and continued on his way. While Gaia immediately changed her expression and chased after Yoki.
“H-hey Yoki, wait.”
Now their positions are aligned.
“But somehow, our friend's place of residence this one is really mysterious.”
“Haaah, I felt a deep gloom from her. Moreover, he once killed ... akhhh!”
Again, puncture after stab continued to float into his head. He couldn't endure that pain. But the cause is not Kenichi's story, but a dream he had seen the other day.
Well, Kenichi's story has become a reminder button of his memories. However, he could not confirm whether it was a dream or not.
“You okay Gaia?”
“No, it's okay.”
Gaia rose from her position.
“Quiet, now we are near the highway. So we can go straight home.”
“Iya.”
They came out of that incredibly narrow and stuffy alley. Towards the highway that lay in front of them.
“That's the bus, haaah we don't have to wait long.”
After the bus stopped, the two of them went in and sat in the back row. Yoki sat next to the window of the bus, while Gaia was beside him.
Along the way, Gaia fell asleep due to exhaustion from the screams and fear that caused her energy battery to run out.
But, Yoki who was sitting next to her still woke up with various questions that started to bother her head.
Well, he just didn't want to reveal everything to Gaia. Moreover, just at the beginning of the conversation alone, it had been cut off by Gaia who felt pain in her head.