Chapter 7
The Dead Wants Me Dead
Gakupo's p.o.v
I hate walking hundreds of miles.
Reason: My sword is heavy, my clothes are heavy, the things are heavy and most importantly, the eggplants are heavy. I can't believe what Len just did, even though we all agreed that we should get there faster, but couldn't we even rest? We've been walking for the last three hours without stopping, but Meiko and Len didn't even look tired. But Kaito and I are worn out. Problem: A woman and a kid not tired, two man tired. Second problem: If Meiko or Len has to carry me to the next town, which would look embarrassing, I'll really go for suicide.
Finally after ten more minutes, Meiko came and took away the bag from me. But when I looked at her, she carry the bag like it was weightless.
I felt like crying.
When are we going to get to the next town?
Kaito's p.o.v
Meiko…I can see why she is the best sword user. The bag contained food, water, medical supplies, a lot of weapons which Meiko stole, blankets, a makeup kit (Yes, Meiko stole it, too), ropes, gold coins (They are pretty heavy when you have at least six hundred of those), but she carried the bag like, like it was just a piece of clothing. I really want to ask her if she really is a woman.
"We're getting close, just one more hour and we'll be there." Meiko said.
"An hour?" Gakupo looks like he was about to cry, "Can we rest?"
And then we heard it. Far away, someone shouted, "There they are! Get them!"
Trouble.
"Aw, man" Len sighed.
"I'm tired." Gakupo complained.
"Run?" I asked.
"Run." Meiko answered me.
And we started running like hell.
Len's p.o.v
Can't the soldiers just leave us alone? They really need to learn the word "tired" and if necessary, the sentence "Go on a vacation and leave us alone."
I quickly looked at the soldiers.
Ten with swords, five archers, five priests and a very spooky looking Ruko with her big pink scythe. Why the hell must she come? She's very dangerous and if she's here, our chance of surviving would be lower.
I told the condition to Meiko.
"We have to get rid of Ruko." Meiko shouted.
"Yeah, but how?" I shouted back.
"Kaito, you go and take care of the archers. Gakupo, the priest. Len, you deal with the soldiers. I'll go and finish off Ruko." Meiko ordered.
"Why do I have to take care of ten soldiers?" I complained.
"Kaito's better at range attacks, which means better at dealing with archers. Gakupo doesn't have a lot of strength, he knows a little magic, good at dealing with priests. You have a sword for god sakes, unless you want to deal with Ruko." Meiko quickly explained.
"Nah, you go and kill Ruko. I'll stick with sword-using killing machines." I said.
"Good." Meiko said, "Now GO!"
We turned around and head for them.
Kaito's magic was pretty good. He summoned something and in seconds one archer felled down. Gakupo's katana sliced through everything and was doing well. Meiko went for Ruko and started swinging her sword like a total professional. As for me…
I was doing anything I could to stay alive.
Meiko had thought me a few basic sword skills and I was doing well for a starter, that was what Meiko said. I don't know about that, but I did everything I could.
I quickly hit a soldier with the butt of my sword and immediately he collapsed onto the ground. Is it really this easy? I didn't even use any strength.
I dodged every attack and easily knocked another one unconscious. Someone tried to attack me from the back but I slide down and kicked him in his soft spot and was sure he would be singing soprano for the rest of the week. Then I swing my sword and punch another one. Five down, five more to go. The last five soldiers did something I didn't expect. They surrounded me and attacked at the same time. I managed to dodge four of them…
One of the swords made a huge cut on my back.
My back was bleeding. It was burning at first, and then suddenly it felt so cold it was as if someone had poured ice water onto it. It didn't hurt, because I was panicking. The blood trickled down and had turned the grass into the color of red. I didn't know what to do until Kaito shouted, "Len!"
I quickly took care of the soldiers and fell onto the ground.
Meiko's p.o.v
I really want to help Len but I have a physcotic girl to take care of.
Ruko's eyes are filled with madness and excitement. Her smile was so broad it could make her the craziest girl in this country, or any other place in this world. I was trying to find her weakness and was dodging every of her attacks. Her attacks are fast, but they aren't strong enough, but the eye patch on her right eye…
I aimed for the right.
It worked. This was her weakness. Without a right eye, she has two difficulties, she couldn't exactly see what happened on the right side, and she couldn't tell which object is nearer. Try it, cover one of your eyes and let your friends put two or more objects on the table, of course, some nearer and some farther. It would be hard to tell which one is nearer to you.
This gave me enough advantage. I started aiming for her right side but after a few more attacks she knew my trick. She started guarding her right side more but her eyes narrowed, meaning: I was really giving her a hard time, good.
And all I had to do was quickly deal with her and we'll be off. But suddenly, Ruko said,
"You couldn't help Teto, and you wouldn't be able to help Rin either."
"Shut up!" I quickly yelled.
"Teto died because you didn't help her, she…"
"Shut up!"
I strike and aimed and thrust and swing my sword like crazy. I wanted her to shut up, more; I wanted her dead right away. More cuts and blood appeared on her body, but she looked like she didn't even care.
She attacked me but I blocked it. At the same time, I quickly kicked her.
"Teto, she died just like that. Don't you even feel guilty? You…"
"I said, SHUT UP!"
I swing my sword; I didn't care where I was swinging it. And then I knocked her weapon away, the blade of the scythe drop deeply into the soil. Without hesitations, I stab the sword, just a few inches down from her throat, another inch towards her left side, just the right place where I wanted it to be at, her heart. When I pulled the sword away, she was just a dead body, nothing more.
Gakupo's p.o.v
And that's when I shouted to Meiko, "RUN!"
She looked at me with confusion.
I would explain to her immediately if I could, but I couldn't.
Ruko, she isn't a living person, sure, she has emotion, she has a mind of her own, she could feel and think, and she has dreams and ambitions too. But the problem is she's just a creation. Her creator? Luka and Miku. She was a living killing machine, made out of a girl's dead body, born by Miku's magic. They, of course, did something to her body, made her strong, give her strange powers. Her eyes, one blue, one red, were the result of the magic to make her resist both fire and water spells.
She would only die by getting chopped or sliced to pieces.
So, she isn't dead now.
"Now! Run now! Kaito! Help me get Len! We have to go now!" I shouted.
They didn't hesitate; I quickly got Len up carefully. The wound on his back was not very serious, but it was a very big wound. Almost every part of Len's clothes had blood on it. He's going to live, but with a big scar on his back for the rest of his life.
Even though Ruko wouldn't die, she could still get hurt; she won't be able to catch up with us in her condition. Even if she was healed, she'll need another team of soldiers to get us. If we don't run now, we'll never be able to get away.
From far away, I saw a girl heading towards us.
She had these very green hair tied up and looked like she has curled them up in a giant curler for a month or two. She was wearing a strange orange colored shirt and dress that fit her crazy hair well.
"Get here!" the girl shouted.
We did as we were told.
The girl led us to an alley. There weren't any people there; at least we could rest for a while. We need to take care of Len's wound right away.
"I'll do it." Meiko volunteered. "I've done this a hundred times."
I turned towards the girl, "who are you?"
"I'm Gumi," she answered, "a friend of Len's."
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