7

“Yoshizawa-saaaaan!”

Yossi and Rika were still in shock, staring at each other, when the singer found herself being hugged tightly.

“Hey! No hugs!” exclaimed Yossi trying to move away from Kaoru “What’s up with you?”

“I though you were dead… I was so worried…”

“Worried? It’s your fault if that thing almost killed me!”

Even if she was acting cold, Yocchan knew that she was glad to see the girl safe. Besides, the fact that Kaoru was the one with the Traveler and the only way to get out of there it was a significant point.

“Kaoru told us about your trip” said Miki walking towards Yossi and watching her thoroughly “Obviously, we didn’t believe her until she showed us that folder of hers and a photo”

“I think that Rika-chan’s in shock since then…” stated Nono.

“Maybe because she began to feel guilty after all?” said an unknown voice.

Everyone turned to the end of the stairs where two silhouettes had appeared.

“Matsuura-san…”

“Yes, Eri. You really believe that I was so naive to not notice that you’re double-dealing?”

“Kamei, can you explain it, please?”

Maki’s words, at least, didn’t seem a direct attack to the poor Eri. She remained quiet and tried to hold Aya’s fury ‘till the younger could tell why she acted that way.

“I’m not betraying anybody, Goto-san” answered Kamei without losing her temper “I just wanted to help Yoshizawa-san to find her friend”

“What a coincidence that she was with the enemy, right?” said Aya with a mocking tone in her voice.

“Why do you insist in that? We never did anything to hurt you…”

Matsuura turned to Rika who finally had reacted after the initial shock. The younger’s face wasn’t too kind after hearing those words.

“I must remember you that it's because of you that my sister was killed?”

Rika didn’t know how to answer to that statement and, with her silence, she just got to make the younger even angrier. She’d walked towards Ishikawa and everybody knew that the next step could end in a fight between the two girls. Seeing that everything was getting worst, Yossi felt the urge to do something. Somehow, all this was because of her…

“Enough!” said someone before she could open her mouth to say something.

“Don’t meddle…” threatened Aya.

Miki had placed herself between Matsuura and her friend and was looking at the younger without any fear in her eyes. The menacing expression on Aya’s face didn’t impress her at all and, taking some steps, she went closer to the other girl before speaking with a deep and serious voice.

“I’m not gonna let you hurt Rika…”

“Stop me” reply Matsuura still with her arrogant attitude.

“Wanna fight?”

“Come on”

Miki fell silent suddenly. She saw something moving in the shadows, behind the trees. Something that she didn’t like it at all…

“Now you’re scared?” mocked Aya.

“Shut up”

Ignoring the continuous verbal attacks against her from the younger, Miki bent over a bit and took off a pair of sais from her boots. Then, turned her head and gave a signal to Ishikawa.

“When I’ll tell you, run” she said to Aya but keeping her eyes in the shadows.

“Why I should do that?”

“To live?”

It was then when Matsuura noticed the eyes watching them.

“Now!”

At Miki’s shout, all the girls began to run towards the building. All of them except the one too haughty to accept an order from the enemy.

Aya had taken the crossbow from her back and began to shoot the deformed silhouettes coming from the shadows. They were falling like flies, pierced by the sharpen arrows, one by one. Until something happened… A sound from her left made Aya turn and she noticed that one of the monsters was almost over her. As quickly as she could, she aimed the crossbow towards the beast but, before she could shoot, a claw took her leg and made her fall, loosing her weapon with it. It was the end.

But, when everything seemed lost, someone stood in the monster’s way.

“Stupid girl…”

The younger, still in the ground, heard Miki grumble some other complaints while kicking the beast’s asses. One of them went too close to her and, as a reply, got a sharpen sai into its chest. She kept fighting without loosing it a bit ‘til the last of them fell dead.

Sweating and still breathing heavily, the older offered her hand to Aya.

“Can you walk?”

“Don’t touch me” rejected the younger avoiding looking at Miki.

“Ok. Stay here and get killed”

Seeing that Matsuura won’t accept her help, she turned and began to walk towards the temple leaving the other girl behind. But, when she had made just a few steps, Miki saw that it would be impossible to reach the building in time.

Shit.

Slowly, she move back and went near Aya again.

“You should get up, now”

The younger saw what was coming too and this time she didn’t reject Miki’s hand, that help her to stand up and let her lean on her shoulder to walk as fast as they could.

“If we get over this…” said Fujimoto looking at the girl in her arms and then at her back them “… remember me to kill you”

To be continued...

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