Chapter 54 Dragon Fis (1/2)

Laz decided to not think about it, or at least that's what he told himself. It was more like he had no idea what she meant and thinking about it would only cause his head to hurt. Instead, he would just roll with it. In the past, he has always been someone who wanted to be like air, there, but completely disregarded as though he didn't matter. He never took the time to meet anyone nor to get to know them. He just was.

As such, he was pretty bad at actually figuring out people. Although he had traveled around a lot as a kid with his parents, he was younger and didn't really pay attention to certain things. Once you brought that together with his innate disinterest for others and you basically got a kid who was so amazingly dense, he would probably be fine if he was tossed into a black hole.

The only redeeming trait he had towards this was that the people who he did interact with were good people and since they comprised the whole of his normal world, he took after them in most aspects. With the independence of living by himself and the connection potential of the internet, he wasn't exactly a shut in youth with no idea of the world or others, but watching through a screen and coming face to face with things were two totally different concepts.

Laz had always been a spectator and not a participant. Now that he was living his own life, he basically felt like he had no clue about others.

And this included Kennedy. He wasn't dumb enough to think that he knew everything about her nor was he dumb enough to think that everything on the surface was as simple as it seemed, but since he didn't know and couldn't read between the lines, he just had to take things at face value and move on. This is how it is and he could only try to be smarter in the future.

As it was already late, Laz had to walk past the Golden Panda on his way home. As he was a little absent minded, he failed to notice the door open and slightly wrinkled hand pop out, latch on to his wrist and drag him inside. By the time he came to, he was staring at a rather grim but familiar face.

”Grandpa Chu?” Laz asked, still a bit awkward.

”Laz... Sit down, we need to talk,” The old man said back as he locked the door and sat down. From the sounds coming from the kitchen, Laz could tell his uncle was still cleaning up in back.

”Laz, you know you are digging yourself a hole that could bury you right?” The stern faced old man asked.

”Uh...what?” Laz was a bit surprised by the question.

”I'm talking about you showing off your abilities,” Grandpa Chu responded while looking Laz in the eyes.

”Grandpa Chu... you?” Laz was shocked. To the best of his knowledge, he couldn't feel anything coming from this old man in front of him. Even if he knew Laz had power since obviously his grandpa and Bill knew, he couldn't figure out why the old man was talking to him about it tonight.

”Yes. I have gained a bit of something myself, although it isn't anywhere near what you can do.” Grandpa Chu proceeded to remove the strange stone bracelet from his wrist before setting it down on the table.

It was only after it had left his hand that Laz finally felt the weird resonance coming from him. Before that, he couldn't sense a thing. It was only at this moment that Laz activated his sense ability and saw the weird energy coming from the old man. Obviously, Grandpa Chu was like him and Laz just didn't know it.

”But how? How can you hide it? That bracelet?” Laz asked, stumbling to get the question out. If he was able to hide himself, he knew he would be much safer in the future.

”Yeah, it's nothing special really and I won't get into a long winded explanation. Instead, you just need to make sure you wear one at all times. I wasn't going to say anything at first because I wasn't sure about it, but after testing it out, it works pretty well.” Grandpa Chu reach into his pocket and pulled out a red stone bracelet that was pretty similar to what he had taken off.

”Here. Make sure to wear this at all times. I haven't done much to test it, but it seems like it works as long as your not using your energy. Once you start though, it will be like it's not even there so don't think that you are invisible with it on,” Grandpa Chu lectured while handing it over to Laz.

Laz accepted the bracelet with a thanks and started to play around with it. The red stone beads were cool to the touch and although it didn't show signs of being anything amazing, it seemed like it could restrain the energy that was naturally coming off of Laz's body.

”What is it?” Laz couldn't help but ask.

”Red Jade. It's a type of stone. Jade in generally is pretty popular from where i come from but it's not so big over here. The red jade is suppose to be a stone that brings forth the power of a warrior, but it seems as though it actually is able to block the strange power that we all seem to have. Pretty useful really,” Grandpa Chu said as he nodded his head as though agreeing to what he just voiced.

”Uh... Do you happen to have another one?” An idea flashed in his mind and he couldn't help but ask.

”Hmm? You really only need one. A second one isn't going to do any good,” the old man responded back, looking at the young man.

”Uh.. well... it's not for me but a friend of mine. It would be really helpful for her..” Laz couldn't help but stammer out.

”OH? Ha Ha Ha. For a girl huh? Well, giving a girl jade can have many meanings, but I guess in this case it's just for protection huh?” The old man looked at Laz with a sly sparkle in his eye.

”Yes. Just for protection. Of course. What else could it mean?” Laz was a bit flustered. Having known and worked with his Grandpa Chu for a few years, he knew a bit about things relating to different cultures. As such, he knew that giving a girl jade could have an entirely different meaning. He just didn't think about it when he asked for it.

”Alright. Let's go with that.” Grandpa Chu stood up and walked into the back. He was gone for a few moments before coming back with a different bracelet that was inside a nice, blue box.

”If your going to give a girl a gift, then you have to make sure you do it right, no matter what the reason.” Grandpa Chu passed the box over to Laz who opened it to look at what was inside. He was fairly amazed by the sight that greeted him.