Chapter 11 - The Group of Teenagers
Author : me
Rating : pg-13
Disclaimer : just the story. .
Summary : Sometimes what you call ordinary is extraordinary
Author's note : here another update. douzo !
Chapter 11 - The Group of Teenagers
Ryosuke slowly open his eyes. He scans the room of where he’s laying.
‘So I’m in my room.’ He thinks as he tries to sit up.
He can feel his heart is still beating hard. And his breathing is rough too. He reaches his bedside drawer to take his medicines, but then he curses himself when he remember that he’s out of stock already.
He leaned on his headboard and hold his chest tight. Just a few sec later, he can hear someone is opening his door and step in. He turns to see who’s coming and see his father standing near his bed, offering a familiar can and a glass of water for him.
Ryosuke take a pill out of the can and drink the water after he takes the pill. “D-domo…” he thanked his father timidly.
His father put the can and the glass on the drawer and sit beside Ryosuke on the bed. “You shouldn’t push yourself.” He touches his son’s forehead. “Now you’re sick again.”
Ryosuke bent his head down and remove his father’s hand from his forehead. “Gomen.” He murmurs.
The older release a deep breath. “Hey, I just heard from Kota. He and the others already finished the business. Do you need me to call him here now ?” he informs his son gently.
Ryosuke doesn’t say anything, and only shake his head slowly as a response.
Silent.
“Ryosuke, I’m sorry for slapped you back then. I didn’t mean that. It’s just, I don’t want anything bad happening on you. I was so worried I couldn’t think well.” Eisuke try to break the awkward silence between them.
The younger doesn’t reply as he keeps his head low.
Eisuke sigh. He caresses his son’s hair before he stands up. “I’ll leave you then.”
But before the tired man can leave, a hand stop him. He turns to see his son is holding his right hand tightly with his head still down low. As if he’s afraid of something.
“P-please, don’t leave me.” The teenager whispers.
Eisuke then sit back and lift his son’s head up with his free hand. He was taken aback to see his teary eyes. “Ryosuke, what’s wrong ?” he asks worriedly.
Ryosuke shake his head slightly. “I’m, I’m sorry too. I wasn’t supposed t-to yelled at you. I, I was just…”
Eisuke decide to stop his son’s rants by pulling him into a soft embrace.
“Daijobu. Don’t worry about that.” Console the older.
Ryosuke can feel his father is caressing his hair soothingly. He can also feel the steady beating of his father’s heart. The longer they stay like that, the more relaxed Ryosuke become in his father’s chest.
A few min later, Ryosuke’s father pulled apart but was startled when he found his son is sleeping peacefully. He smiles as he lay Ryosuke back on his bed. He kiss Ryosuke’s forehead before pulling a blanket over his son’s body and leave the room.
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Yuto felt so weird inside this room he’s staying with 8 other teenagers who are too quiet. At last, he decides to make a conversation with his partner to light up the situation.
“Maria-chan, do you know who are these guys ?” he ask quietly.
The said girl was startled by the sudden question but answering him indeed. “Hai.” She says hesitantly.
“Sou ka ? Mind telling me ?” the tall boy ask again.
Maria stare her partner confusedly, but then remember that he’s new. So it is make sense if he doesn’t know these people. “Well, the 2 girls sitting near the boys are Kariya Naru and Ohri Sakura. They are my senpai in all-girls Haruka High School. Kariya-senpai is a senior and Ohri-senpai is a sophomore. The boy who is smiling to Kariya-senpai is Yaotome Hikaru-kun, her partner. And the serious boy near Ohri-senpai is Okamoto Keito-kun. The 4 of them are Hunters. The two boys over there are Arioka Daiki-kun and Chinen Yuri-kun, they are Gunslingers. And then the girl who is sitting in front of the desk is Akira Ryuuki-kun, the Knight.” Maria explain excitedly. You can simply tell that this girl adore them all.
“Who is her partner ?” Yuto make her snapped back from her imagination.
“Aah, it’s our Paladin’s only son, Yamada Ryosuke-kun.” She tells the tall boy.
“What ?” Yuto blurt out, taking the other teens attention, except for Ryuuki who was deep in thought.
“What’s your problem ?” Yuto hear the boy that Maria mentioned named Okamoto speak.
Yuto bow to the others. “Sumimasen.” He says sheepishly.
After the others have returned to their own business, Yuto ask again more carefully, “You mean, that Yama-chan is a Knight ?”
“Yama-chan ?” Maria frown.
“I mean, Yamada-kun.” Yuto correcting.
“Aah. Yes he is. But I never had a chance to meet him before, neither of Akira-kun. I just heard rumours about them.” Inform the girl.
“Rumours ? What rumours ?” ask Yuto eagerly.
“Well, I heard about them that they were spent a very short time as a Rookie before they were promoted. Akira-kun spent only a month as a Rookie, while Yamada-kun spent less than half of her time before being promoted.” She starts.
“Less than half of her time, means less than 2 weeks ?” Yuto exclaim, and receiving a nod from Maria. “But, people usually spend at least a year as a Rookie to be promoted !”
“I know. They’re exceptions.” She smiles. “Those people too. They were also got promoted in less than a year. You are an exception too Yuto-kun. You spent only 5 months before being a Rookie. And then you’re transferred here after you were promoted into a Blacksmith for several months.”
Yuto smile shyly. “You also got promoted in less than a year.”
“10 months is near a year, Yuto-kun.” She replies simply.
“But you’re still great. You can fight. I can’t do anything about it.” Yuto compliment her.
“Yeah. Well, shall I continue the explanation ?” the girl receive a nod and continue. “Let me see. Oh, the 2 of them were also straightly promoted into a Knight while other member usually had to take 1 step in a time to reach that position, and spend at least a year in each position.” Declare the Blacksmith girl. “Now, how long did it take for you before you received your 1st real assignment ?”
Yuto think for a while. “About 7 or 8 months, why ?” he asks back.
“See ? New-promoted members got their real 1st assignment after at least half of a year. But they were received their very 1st assignment after only a month or so, and they were only 12 back then !” she exclaims.
“Hontou ?” Yuto is amazed.
Before the girl can answer, the door is opened and the Paladin come in. His eyes showed tiredness and worried. But he keeps his warm smile on his face.
“Sorry for the waiting minna.” He apologizes.
Ryuuki stand from her seat and heading to his direction. “Where’s Ryosuke, Oji-san ?” she asks sraightly.
He smiles gently before answering, “He’s not awaken yet. Now, I’d like to explain about your next assignment.”
Ryuuki know she can’t complain, so she keeps quiet.
“I received an information about some new stuffs which will be useful in making new ultimate weapon and some other research which will lead our victory upon our enemy. Those were placed in an abandoned building in the restricted district no. 17. But we have one problem, the place that we are heading to, already had it’s owner.” The Paladin speaks calmly.
Ryuuki inhale deeply. “Darkness Falls.” She blurt out.
The Paladin nod. “Correct. Shortly, I need the Blacksmiths to look for these stuffs, and the others to protect them. The Knights will be the Leader, and you’ll split into 2 sub-groups so the search will take less time.”
“I suppose you call some back-ups Oji-san.” Ryuuki sit back in her previous seat.
“Why do you think so ?” ask the man.
Ryuuki stare out the window. “Because if we are really going to face against this 1 particular Org, we have to be ready to face a robot.”
“Robot ?” as Chi confusedly.
“Yes. Robot. As I told you before Oji-san, we met this weird girl with those weird guys who couldn’t stop fighting. We’d fought them once and they were all fell unconscious. But when she snapped her fingers, they were back on their feet, and they had those blank eyes. Their fighting style were also became much better than before. But I know that those guys were just human. The girl must did something to them.” She explains thoughtfully.
No one is saying anything until the Paladin break the silence. “We’ll see that. As for now, I’ll just leave the grouping to you. You may dismiss.” He finished the meeting and leave the room.
Ryuuki sigh. “What is this about ?” she asks herself.
~~~~~~~~~~tbc
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