06-07-2008, 11:03 PM
Kirano had his doubts about trusting them. He had only known them for five minutes now they were supposed to be one big happily family, all shacked up by a campfire. Hell no. He had every right to feel paranoid, every reason to expect one of them to stab him in the back. Maybe they were a family, but he did not feel welcome, instead felt like an outsider. None of them had really known him like they had known each other. After all, they had been travelling together for some time now according to Aero. Kirano on the other hand had been a lone warrior since the start of the competition. What could they possibly want from a person with one useful arm?
This is ridiculous, he thought. I must eliminate them all.
His eyes scanned each member of the group. Celipa was obviously the easiest target due to her major injury from a pitchfork. Her head rested on Aero’s knee. Two shots from his pistol would remove both of them from the competition, but then Zangya and Bojack would retaliate.
No, I can’t do it yet.
Kirano had to be smart, wait for the right opportunity.
Something transpired, putting the hybrids suspicions at ease. To his shock, Zangya gave him a senzu bean. “Eat it, it’ll heal you up.” Kirano still wore a priceless flabbergasted expression on his face. Was this a trick? Were they playing games? If he reached out for the bean, would they try to break his right arm too? “Trust me,” she smiled. “It works.” He gazed suspiciously at the other members of the group and then with his right hand, slowly reached from the senzu bean, quickly snatching it from her small hand and then shoving it into his mouth without a second thought. While chewing on the bean, his suspicious expression turned into a smirk. He could not help but chuckle as the feeling in his left arm came back. “Aaah,” he whispered in delight, flexing his left arm. It was safe to say they genuinely needed Kirano amongst their group.
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The reduced size of their group from five to three was due to the betrayal of a comrade, not a comrade of Kirano’s, but of the others. Bojack suffered a fatal, life altering poisoning orchestrated by Zangya, a poisoning that would lead to his demise. It was a dramatic scene that not only stunned the young man, but the rest of the group. She had not even explained the reason for her betrayal. She fled instead, underlining her guilty involvement. She had fled no doubt to avoid any repercussions following her betrayal.
Aero’s infuriation was undoubtedly justifiable. For an outgoing person he hardly had much to say since the female aders betrayal. Kirano’s feelings towards Zangya were not the same as Aero’s. The hybrids feelings were mixed. Yes, she was a backstabber, but had she shown her true colours? It made perfect sense for Zangya to use the poison on Kirano. After all, he was the strongest amongst the five, but yet she used it on someone else, someone far less powerful than him. Why had she chosen Bojack instead of him?
The earthling thought back to the time Zangya helped him during his vulnerable, drunken state back at the bar on Dante. The memory caused the hybrid to gaze at the hip on his right hand side. He had been numb at the time of his drinking, but now he could feel the woman’s touch, the young woman’s hand around his waist while she escorted him out of the bar.
Why am I…why am I thinking about that specific moment? Why the touch?
He frowned, preventing himself from concluding that he had feelings for her.
I don’t have feelings for her. I just don’t.
Although he continued to deny it, the man could not shut the woman out his mind.
Zangya.
Whether it was during Dante’s Abyss, if he were to encounter her, or after DA, he would find out why she chose to kill Bojack instead of him. He would find out from her if at all he meant anything to her.
This is ridiculous, he thought. I must eliminate them all.
His eyes scanned each member of the group. Celipa was obviously the easiest target due to her major injury from a pitchfork. Her head rested on Aero’s knee. Two shots from his pistol would remove both of them from the competition, but then Zangya and Bojack would retaliate.
No, I can’t do it yet.
Kirano had to be smart, wait for the right opportunity.
Something transpired, putting the hybrids suspicions at ease. To his shock, Zangya gave him a senzu bean. “Eat it, it’ll heal you up.” Kirano still wore a priceless flabbergasted expression on his face. Was this a trick? Were they playing games? If he reached out for the bean, would they try to break his right arm too? “Trust me,” she smiled. “It works.” He gazed suspiciously at the other members of the group and then with his right hand, slowly reached from the senzu bean, quickly snatching it from her small hand and then shoving it into his mouth without a second thought. While chewing on the bean, his suspicious expression turned into a smirk. He could not help but chuckle as the feeling in his left arm came back. “Aaah,” he whispered in delight, flexing his left arm. It was safe to say they genuinely needed Kirano amongst their group.
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The reduced size of their group from five to three was due to the betrayal of a comrade, not a comrade of Kirano’s, but of the others. Bojack suffered a fatal, life altering poisoning orchestrated by Zangya, a poisoning that would lead to his demise. It was a dramatic scene that not only stunned the young man, but the rest of the group. She had not even explained the reason for her betrayal. She fled instead, underlining her guilty involvement. She had fled no doubt to avoid any repercussions following her betrayal.
Aero’s infuriation was undoubtedly justifiable. For an outgoing person he hardly had much to say since the female aders betrayal. Kirano’s feelings towards Zangya were not the same as Aero’s. The hybrids feelings were mixed. Yes, she was a backstabber, but had she shown her true colours? It made perfect sense for Zangya to use the poison on Kirano. After all, he was the strongest amongst the five, but yet she used it on someone else, someone far less powerful than him. Why had she chosen Bojack instead of him?
The earthling thought back to the time Zangya helped him during his vulnerable, drunken state back at the bar on Dante. The memory caused the hybrid to gaze at the hip on his right hand side. He had been numb at the time of his drinking, but now he could feel the woman’s touch, the young woman’s hand around his waist while she escorted him out of the bar.
Why am I…why am I thinking about that specific moment? Why the touch?
He frowned, preventing himself from concluding that he had feelings for her.
I don’t have feelings for her. I just don’t.
Although he continued to deny it, the man could not shut the woman out his mind.
Zangya.
Whether it was during Dante’s Abyss, if he were to encounter her, or after DA, he would find out why she chose to kill Bojack instead of him. He would find out from her if at all he meant anything to her.