Fuutarou stabbed the person through the neck with his katana. He brought him down to the ground and stabbed him through his heart mercilessly, getting blood splashed onto his hands.
That was the 13th person he had killed since he was kidnapped by the human traffickers. His mind had screamed for him to focus on survival, now completely ignoring the disgusting feeling he felt he received when he ended someone's life.
He wasn't going to sit here and let someone decide where he gets sent off to. He has so much to live for, his family, his friends, and now... Rena. Clutching his knife, he braved forward. One step closer to escaping.
He looked at another one who had his back turned to him and charged towards him.He kicked the back of the guy's leg, causing him to lose balance before he leaped up to stab him through the skull, easily ending another life. He pulled out the knife and stabbed the person through the neck. Just as he thought he got away with it again, fate seemed to had other plans.
"Hey!! Look! The kid escaped!!" Fuutarou widened his eyes as he threw the dead body off of him. He had been spotted. The blonde took out the katana before unsheathing it.
' I'm gonna get out of here no matter what. Then I'm gonna burn this place to the ground, as it deserves to be ' Fuutarou whispered as he charged towards the human traffickers who held up their respective katanas and tantos.
"He's fast—Ack!" One person tried making a move against Fuutarou, but his life ended by a stab to his heart before he could do anything. Thanks to his own efforts, Isanari's sword training session and sage-like advice, Fuutarou was now somewhat of a skilled fighter.
A bunch of men proceeded to gang up on Fuutarou who fought them off, slicing through them. His fast and small stature made it difficult for them to get a good swing on him due to him swiftly dodging them.
One man saw that the situation was dire. "We're getting beaten up... by some kid! Argh!" He shouted as he took out his pistol and aimed it at Fuutarou.
"Wait you idiot! If you shoot it someone will definitely hear it!"
Fuutarou glanced at where the shouting was coming from before he widened his eyes in horror.
Suddenly, Fuutarou felt his world slowly down. At that moment, he suddenly had the feeling that he knew when the man was going to fire his pistol and where he was aiming at. He narrowed his eyes and jumped away.
As soon as he did, the man pulled the trigger. A loud bang echoed throughout the warehouse as the man fired a bullet straight at the boy. The bullet barely missed Fuutarou, grazing his cheek.
Fuutarou grunted at the stinging pain on his face but ignored it as he leaped towards two men. He stabbed the man that charged at him in the heart before he looked at the man who tried to shoot him.
He rotated his body, chambered his right knee, extended it and hooked it. He spun around and delivered a high spinning hook kick, executing his signature move.
A loud bang echoed throughout the warehouse again. This time from Fuutarou's kick. The man was immediately unconscious from the kick as he crashed onto the ground, his head breaking the tiles.
Fuutarou stabbed his katana through the unconscious man's heart, killing him. He had won, somehow. The mysterious power had saved him at the last second.
"What happened just now..." He whispered to himself. "Can I see the future?" He sighed, looking at the dead bodies around him before at the walls of the warehouse. For some odd reason, the warehouse didn't have any surveillance cameras, so Fuutarou had no need to go anywhere else.
"Whatever, I'm getting outta here....."
Sheathing his katana. He looked at his blood stained clothes and sighed. Then he remembered that he has spares in his backpack. Quickly changing, he put the bloody clothes and katana in his bag and ran straight towards the exit.
Fuutarou lived to see another day...
.....
" Miku, stop staring at the TV. We need to go right now or the teacher's gonna be mad!" The girl looked at her sister calling her.
"Nino, come watch the news with me." Miku whispered while pointing at the TV. Nino snorted and crossed her arms.
"It's so boring! What's so interesting about today's news?" Nino asked her. Yotsuba, Itsuki and Ichika walked over to them, the conversation interested them a little. They all stared at the television as the news reporter was already talking.
"A human trafficking ring has been ended by something officials can't put their hand on. All of the human traffickers were found dead, all from a single sword. As of this moment, we have no leads on who the killer was. The suspect was unidentifiable since there is no surveillance footage of what happened. Is it a killer who knows how to cover their tracks well? Or a vengeful demon that's come to take every evildoer's souls?"
The quints had all widened their eyes as they heard what the reporter said. This definitely wasn't something you'd hear everyday.
"Man, whoever that was, they sure did a service." All eyes were on Nino. The second sister noticed their stares almost immediately and crossed her arms.
"What?! Don't tell me you actually want those guys alive! They're human traffickers aren't they?" Yotsuba stayed silent as her sisters started arguing. She looked at the polaroid pictures of her and Fuutarou in her hand. She gasped as they were then suddenly snatched away.
"Ooo~ What's this Yotsuba?". Ichika looked at the pictures and gasped. "Aww! That's so cute! I didn't know you were so bold, Yotsuba!" Ichika giggled as Yotsuba tried getting her pictures back from her.
"Give it back Ichika!"
"Look guys~ Yotsuba has a boyfriend~"
"What?! Let me see!"
"Ichikaaaa!!!"
...
"Hey, Fuutarou. Are you okay? You look exhausted." Takebayashi asked Fuutarou with a concerned tone. The blonde had dark circles under his eyes and a small plaster over the bullet graze on his cheek.
"I'm okay.... I just can't wait to go home and be done with this boring trip. " Fuutarou managed a small grin at her, making Takebayashi roll her eyes.
"So how was your date with Sanada? Did you make the first move or did he?" He changed the subject, not wanting to think of last night at the moment. Takebayashi blushed and shook her head.
" We did nothing of the sort! Get your mind out of the gutter! We just talked a lot, that's it."
" And? " Fuutarou raised a curious brow at her. Takebayashi smiled warmly.
"It seems we have a lot in common. " She whispered loud enough for only Fuutarou to hear. He laughed while patting her back.
" See Takebayashi, I told you already! You two are made for each other!" Fuutarou declared.
"Be quiet, idiot! Besides, we're too young for this! " Takebayashi grumbled. Fuutarou looked at Sanada who was still having a conversation with Yamagishi.
"I never said you guys need to start dating now, Takebayashi. I dunno, just hangout with him everyday. And when the time is right, take the next step or something. I'm not really good at this type of stuff. " Je answered nonchalantly, taking out his sketchbook as he started sketching Rena, leaving Takebayashi alone with her thoughts.
She then noticed the girl Fuutarou was drawing. " Who's that girl Fuutarou? " She decided to ask.
"A pretty girl I met when I got lost." Fuutarou answered simply and kept drawing. The girl knew there was something more to it, but decided to not pry into Fuutarou's business.
'I intend to keep my side of the bargain, Rena. I hope you do too.' Fuutarou thought with a soft smile on his face as he kept sketching Rena in various cute poses while Takebayashi left him alone and went to join Sanada.
The journey on the bullet train went by like a blur. Fuutarou stepped out of the train and said farewell to Takebayashi and Sanada before he walked towards the direction of his home.
He stood in front of the Uesugi Residence and gently knocked on the door a couple of times. Raiha was the one who opened the door. She gasped and squealed loudly. She immediately hugged him tightly.
"Welcome home big brother!!!"
To be continued.....