5 The Scarlet Mist part 2? (1/2)
Editor: Acerman
-Morning, Hieda Mansion-
”Did you pack your lunch?”
”I did.”
”Did you pack your handkerchief?”
”Yes, I did.”
”Are you feeling alright?”
”Yes, I'm feeling alright.”
”Are you sure you want to do this?”
I looked at Akyuu direction and stared her dead in the eyes.
She looks anxious and worried, if someone you know start to go somewhere dangerous, you probably worried about them.
HUG!
”Fueeeeeee?!”
PAT HER!
”Stop patting me!”
I released her.
”I said it's gonna okay, it's just gonna be like the usual with thick mist in the way.”
”That's what I'm worried about, the one causing this incident may be waiting in the mist.”
”Then I just need to run away. Akyuu-chan,” I knelt to face her face to face,” Just trust me okay?”
”…just comeback when it's time for dinner…”
”Of course, just wait for me okay.”
I walked outside.
-Human Village-
Even though I can make a joke about Akyuu act like a mom, I won't. Child of Miaree probably never married because they don't want to make any deep connection beyond friend.
I'm looked at the people's activity in the village.
The people still go on about their lives, but the mood is kinda bleak.
I looked to the sky.
The red mist still filled up the sky, even though the sky covered by the mist it's still light outside. Guess it blocks out the sun but not its light.
I better get out from the Village to start my investigation.
-Outside Human Village-
Holy shit, this is the first time I saw a mist that reached up to my knee, there's even higher mist that reaches up to my face in the distant. The Tengu really got to work their ass off to keep the village safe.
Oh well, let's get to this.
I started feeling the mist with my ability, sensing where it was going…
…no good, it wasn't moving in this area. Okay, that's one less reason I can give about I know where the mist come from.
…let's just walk directly to Misty Lake.
”Open path for me you second rate mist!”
The mist parted to reveal the path for me on its own.
”Huhu~ I'm such a badass, I can even make mist run away from me.”
Suddenly, I hear a girl's voice up above me.
”More like, it ran away from a weirdo-ze.”
Just as I noticed that unique way of talking, I looked up.
I see our beloved Ordinary Thief, riding on her broom.
”Oh hi, Good morning Marisa.”
-Marisa POV-
”Oh hi, Good morning Marisa.”
The boy with black Yukata looked up to see me.
”I know the mist can make humans unhealthy but I didn't know that it can make you crazy-ze”
”Nononono, I'm not being crazy, I'm just clearing my way from the mist.”
I smiled.
”Clearing your way? Where are you going? How did you move those mists?”
He suddenly looks tired. Does he have low blood pressure?
”You know what, how about we just go about our separate way and talk again on another time?” he suggested.
”No way-ze, you look like know something about this mist-ze.”
He sighed.
”You know, young people shouldn't sigh a lot-ze. It's said that your happiness will go away with each sigh you make-daze.”
”..You are the one that is making me sigh, Marisa.”
”What did I do? I haven't done anything-ze.”
”You 'haven't done anything'…I see.”
”Don't sweat the small stuff-daze.”
I just kept.
”So, do you have a clue about the suspect behind this mist-ze?”
He crossed his arms.
”I won't call it a clue, but there's a place that I want to investigate.”
”Really? Then let's go-ze!”
I got down from my broom and landed on the ground.
”…what do you mean by ”let's go”?”
”It is like what the word means, we will go together-ze. I can't let a weakling like you go alone somewhere in this mist-ze.”
His face got a funny look after I said that.
”…let's go then.”
He started walking and I went to follow him.
-A few minute later on the road-
”So, me and Reimu started a competition about who can stop this incident the fastest-ze.”
”Is that why you are tailing me?”
”Yup, and you seems to know something about this mist-ze.”
”Like I said, it's just a guess.”
”And I too take a guess that you knew something-ze.”
”…I don't care anymore.”
I grinned. He gave up the argument.
I put my hands behind my head and looked around at our surroundings.
Since we've start walking, the mist's never approached us, as if it was avoiding us.
”…You must be really weird that even the mist avoiding you-ze …”
”Yeah, the mist didn't like me apparently.”
I squinted my eyes.
”…Yes, they are moving as if someone controlling them-ze…”
I stared at him.
-Me POV-
She's staring at me.
I feel it through my back as I kept walking down the road.
Suspicion to the max directed at me!
”…Marisa, you keep calling me ”you” for a while, did you forget my name when we first met?”
I turn my head to smiled at her.
”Oh, then can you remind me, seems like I forgot-ze.”
She said with a smug smile on her face.
She probably thinks she can kick my ass if I do something weird, but little did she know, my ability pretty much shut down her ability to hurt me. All of her attack are almost projectile based so unless she bum-rushed me with her broom powered mini-hakkero, I'd be perfectly fine.
I stop and turned towards Marisa.
She took down her hands down from her head.
Seems like she think we are gonna fight or something, sucks to be her because she's wrong…
”Then let's start from the beginning, my name is Arah, Nice to meet you, Magician Girl”
”The names Kirisame Marisa, nice to meet you too, Photographic Memory Boy-ze.”
AWKWARD TIME!
We stared at each other for a full minute…
Nobody said anything…
We just stared...
The thing is, I'm the one starting this intentionally, so the only tense one is Marisa. She knows I have more than one ability but she didn't know what it is, she probably thinks it has something to do with the mist but once again she's wrong…
Let's break this atmosphere.
”Now that we've introduced each other, let's continue our walk.”
I continue walking.
Wait for it…
”Eeeeeeeeh?!”
There we go…
Something passed by me from the side and then landed in front of me.
”You think you can get away?! You must the one that controlling the mist-ze!”
Surprise surprise, it was Marisa; she was mad because she just got played.
”There's a few thing that need to be corrected. First I'm not controlling the mist, I'm merely changing the direction of it, second I'm not getting away, I'm just continuing our walk, third I feel like we have this kind of conversation before.”
”Change the direction? Is that supposed to be your other ability-ze?”
”Maybe…”
She's back with the staring again.
”…all right then, challenge accepted-daze!” her smile also become smug again, ”I'll expose your ability-ze, also you probably are not the culprit. Human can't make this much mist anyway.”
So tired, dealing with this girl is so tiring…
We started our walk again.
”By the way, where are we going-ze?”
”…and NOW you ask me where we going?!”
I gave her the look.
”When I saw you moving the mist, I thought you are just giving excuse to run away from me, so I didn't care where we were going that time-ze.”
”…then as your punishment, I won't tell you until we arrive at that place.”
”Come one, just tell me where it is, walking in this mist is boring-ze.”
I have a feeling this is gonna be a long walk…
-Afternoon, Misty Lake-
”-then the mushroom actually swapped, that's why my mixes always explode.”
' ...she, keep, talking….kill meeeeeee…'
But on the bright side…
”…we've arrived.”
”Isn't this Misty Lake?”
”Yeah, since Misty Lake has a lot of mist, it may have something to do with the Red Mist.”