Fantasy Pristine: Our Bond

Chapter 36's

The sound of footsteps resounded within the dark and long passageway. Accompanied by a Devil Mask scratch that collides with a giant scorpion tail. Not to forget, the breathing sound of a girl who was running while holding a small child.

"God... You guys are so slow!" the Devil Mask was holding a scorpion's tail that almost hurt Jacqueline's back.

"Rise, you!! Tell the nahan Black Aura!!" shouted Jacqueline.

"Curtain!"

The scorpion's tail retreated then advanced and pierced the Devil Mask's right arm.

TRANGS!

Black Aura appeared and slashed at the tail. "Aren't you papa?"

"Well, that's how it is..."

"You go after Jacqueline. This guy let me take care of it." Tell Black Aura who has prepared his sword first.

"OKAY. Don't die!" reply Devil Mask passed away leaving Black Aura.

Meanwhile, Jacqueline was still busy running in search of a hiding place. Despite being exhausted from running for too long and also holding this little girl, Jacqueline had no regrets at all.

"Sister! Why was Mama left behind? Mama's in danger!" whining little girl he doesn't know her name.

Jacqueline glanced at the little girl and replied, "Don't worry, your mama must be fine. My friend knows how to save your mama" he said confidently accompanied by gasping breath.

In the middle of the road, Jacqueline found an empty laboratory room. Thankfully, the room was not locked. He opened the door of the laboratory and hid in it.

For a moment, Jacqueline held her breath and closed the little girl's mouth so that their voice was unknown to the enemy.

"Same..." He muttered a few minutes later. "Don't cry! I'm sure that my mom would have survived. Mama's gonna be back, really."

The little girl looked down and sat down on the cold wall. Both of his arms hugged him from the cold.

"You cold? It's..." Jacqueline offered me her jacket.

"No, brother. Gunez does not need. Big brother needs more because brother's underwear is short."

"Hey! Just a short shirt!"

"But, if released, you'll get cold."

"You're this... So, your name is Gunez? Looks like you're a blaster." Jacqueline said, realizing the uniqueness of the little girl's name. Well, making small talk is also not a problem while waiting for the outside situation to stabilize.

Gunez. He seemed to think for a moment before responding to Jacquelune's words.

"My father was born in Turkey. By Midyat. Mama was born here." Reply to Gunez who is still down. Understandably he was worried about his Mama who was currently being controlled by the foreign Aura inside his body.

"Gunez. My mom has been okay all along. Is it because you left Gunez and Mama, you're so mad, aren't you?"

Jacqueline gawked, "Why are you abandoned?"

Gunez raised his shoulder briefly. "Gunez really doesn't like to think about it anymore. But the thought always comes. I have another mother and another daughter. Dad loves them more. I always go on vacation with them. I never left anything or anything for us either.

"Father did not think that at that time, Gunez and Mama had not eaten. Though, dad is rich but, who always eats good 'em'. Gunez sad. Mama sad. On Gunez's birthday, my mom always calls me. Mom screamed at me over the phone. Well, Gunez reckon... I don't care anymore about Gunez and Mama." Gunez is sad. He shed his tears and made Jacqueline feel sliced in his heart.

Jacqueline hugged the crying Gunez. "You're a strong boy, Gunez. Your mom is so proud to have a daughter as strong as you." He said as he stroked the top of Gunez's head.

"Mama..."

Interjected by the blue color that was filling their atmosphere, Jacqueline's mind was playing. He remembered a few hours ago when he celebrated Aoi's birthday.

When I cut the cake, I thought the party would be happy. Tapp...

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"Well!! The cake!" Aoi exclaimed with excitement to find brown brownies with brown boards depicting the face of one of Aoi's favorite vocaloid characters. If it's not wrong, Megurin Luka's name is.

"Who drew this? Aren't you two not able to draw?"

"Save your mouth! Although my image is equivalent to a mountain made by a Kindergarten, at least, I can picture a woman." Omel Jacqueline's.

"Respect napa?!" Chloe added and laughed.

Chloe's spare change is contagious up to Aoi and Jacqueline. From now on, their colored conversation colored the Jacqueline's living room. They make the room very colorful.

"Well! What food is this?"

Suddenly, Yumizuka appeared from under the table just below the cake standing. The girl had already prepared the spoon and fork. Soon, the cake will be killed if Jacqueline doesn't ban it.

"Hey! Don't eat it yet dong! My birthday hasn't been touched!" jacqueline.

"That's a big tick!" gerutu Yumizuka then crossed her arms and put on a frown.

Chloe chuckles at Yumizuka's behavior. It was different from Black Aura. Chloe so wondered, how did Jacqueline and Aoi make Aura seem to be... This late?

"I was astonished? How did you make Yumizuka so noisy?" chloe asked while slicing kiwi fruit.

"He was noisy from the beginning." The Devil Mask suddenly appeared.

Chloe and the others were surprised to find a splash of green blood toska that dyed the Devil Mask's blue jacket.

"Who attacked you?" ask Aoi.

"The mailman."

"Oh... Where did you get to?" Jacqueline immediately changed the subject when she felt the previous topic was over for discussion.

"Ah, arrived "Yumizuka was noisy from the beginning'." Reply Chloe.

"His nature depends on his strength as well I think." Aoi spoke up. "This girl's ability is related to something painful. You're not aware, are you? Why is it that suddenly our topic leads to Yumizuka? In fact, there is a Devil Mask that was exposed to green blood splashes but we actually discussed the nature of Yumizuka earlier."

"Eh? Didn't she? What is his ability?"

"He manipulated attention. Well, it's like a girl being ignored and then she's looking for a way to keep everyone watching her. That's his ability." Obviously Aoi.

"His ability makes me think being ignored hurts and we hate being ignored." Jacqueline added. "I don't know where they're from yet? They don't even know why they exist?"

"The essence, the conflict and the origin of their existence... Only Midnight knows." Said Chloe who ended up with her knotty smile.

The girl named Midnight until now, is still unknown whereabouts. In fact, Auras like the Devil Mask, Black Aura, and Yumizuka had no idea where Midnight was currently. How could they be divided just because of the war?

"Actually, I'm confused. What did war arise because of? Come to think of it, Legend Aura and Megavile were different. Ah, you guys are! Make us confused!" Jacqueline thrust out a few dishes that she had just reported to Aoi.

"But I'm happy... Though confusing but, fantasy is fun somehow. The three of us can meet again and be with them." Said Chloe who was immediately responded by a small nod of Aoi and Jacqueline.

But suddenly his heart felt something was lacking. Chloe seemed to forget one hundred percent of what happened yesterday and was carried away by the calming circumstances of today.

"Morgan? Who's Morgan?" Jacqueline asked back.

"Well? You guys didn't bring it? Didn't I tell you?"

"You did say it and we intend to bring Morgan home. But, there were a lot of people there. Yes, at the check of their one-on-one identity card?" Answer Aoi.

"He's in the hospital." Black Aura suddenly appeared.

"Aren't you looking for Aura?" ask the Devil Mask casually.

"Not in the mood."

"Black Aura!!!" Chloe exclaimed with excitement. The girl immediately ran up to him and gave a tight hug to welcome his presence.

"You've been this a long time! Don't forget me dong!" Omel Chloe with a tone that impressed. Like the girl who's always spoiled by her boyfriend.

Aoi and Jacqueline shuddered in horror at Chloe's unusual behavior. The girl they used to know was very anti-hugging or hugging. The reason, hugged will only make his heart heat up like in the drama or anime cartoon that he always watched it.

But, why now... Addicted to hugging people?

Chloe looked very excited at the presence of Black Aura. Initially, he sat quietly while cutting the kiwi fruit and suddenly jumped from the chair upon hearing the sound of Black Aura. He reflexively threw a knife and let the object stuck in the door of the food cabinet.

"God... Careful, oi!" yelled Aoi pale.

"Yeah!! What are you doing, man?!" added Yumizuka who was also frightened because she was not familiar with the scene.

"Well! Whoa! My best friend changed a lot!" unlike the others, Jacqueline is actually happy with the change in Chloe's nature. He threw away his fear and chose to appreciate the change.

"Eh? Is it wrong, right?" ask Chloe plain. Both of his hands still held their arms around Black Aura.

That aura too! He did not fight anything with the hug that hit him. Black Aura let both of his arms droop.

"So, that's your weakness?" Devil Mask finally opened his voice.

"You want to?" tawar Black Aura flat.

"Related."

"Eh! When was the cake cut? Get stale anyway!" As long as Aoi who could not bear to see the cake that was spreading charm.

"Your neck is stale! Where's the cake knife?"

"Well!" Yumizuka gave the knife to Jacqueline.

"Yep, sing first!" jacqueline cheer later.

After the small war stopped, they celebrated Aoi's 20th birthday. They started with the song "Happy Birthday To You" and ended up blowing candles.

Before blowing out the candle, Aoi took her time to pray and blew the candle.

"Why is there a pause when you want to blow the candle?" ask Yumizuka astonished.

"Prayer." Answer Black Aura.

"The water! Yuk, cut the cake... Cut cake... Cut the cake now." Jacqueline's voice hummed again followed by the voices of Chloe and Aoi.

Jacqueline slowly cut the cake. While Chloe in charge of dividing some of the pieces to Aoi and the others.

"Eat this!" chloe said she was going to feed Aoi.

"Eh! Slowly yes..."

Aoi also ate the cake. He was shocked at his first bite. So soft!!!

"Omg! This... Who made this cake? So delicious!" praise Aoi. This man was tempted heavily by the tenderness that the brownies were spreading.

"We dong!" chloe and Jacqueline are together.

On the other hand, Black Aura and the two Auras were simply speechless lamenting the happiness on their dining table. Yumizuka looked drooling and impatiently wanted to hit the brownies. Devil Mask, he just stirred the tea without drinking it. The last one, Black Aura. He doesn't know what to do. He doesn't know what to put on expression at moments like this.

Her eyes could not escape the smile on Chloe's face. The girl was really happy.

For the previous two days, Chloe's expression was mixed. Sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sometimes panicked and sometimes lonely. All of it was mixed until the stirring ended sweetly when his two best friends came to him.

"These words... Friends... Friend...?" Black Aura muttered.

"aura?"

Black Aura was stunned when the Devil Mask called out to her and gave her a hint of surprise through a pat on the shoulder.

"Let's eat..." Take the Devil Mask.

Chloe smiled and handed a plate of brownies to Black Aura. "Come on... This cake has an amazing taste... If you eat, I'm sure you'll like it."

"okay." Black Aura took the brownies and devoured them.

"Oh, yeah... How many times have you fought Legend Aura? If we were three times. The last one, cheating his enemy." Chloe said. As their singing show finished, slowly, serious topics began to take over their space and time.

"Me and the Devil Mask have been five times. We haven't found Legend Aura yet. Ah, i-i mean... I haven't." Reply Jacqueline.

"Eh? Wasn't Aoi first with the Devil Mask?"

"Wrong. I was first. You must have heard it from Dark Fire, right? What he said was genuine. Merely, just then the Devil Mask disappeared without any news and all of a sudden, Aoi contacted me that the Devil Mask was with her. He was shocked too. He thought, the Devil Mask was a stray cosplayer." Jacqueline told me a light story while twirling the cake spoon.

"If I and Yumizuka, we meet at the airport. Just as I was about to pick up Aunt Sato like I said, I found Yumizuka acting strangely among the people. I was suspicious and thought I was going to steal money. Apparently..."

"JACQUILINE!!! ARE YOU INSIDE, SWEETIE?"

Instantly, Aoi fell silent after hearing the voice of the woman from outside the house who called Jacqueline's name with a knock on the door. Automatically, Chloe and Aoi stood up out of curiosity. Strangely enough, Jacqueline just sat down and ignored the voice that called her name.

"Jacqueline, who's outside?" ask Aoi.

"Deflect your voice." The Devil Mask.

"Why?" Chloe glanced at the Devil Mask and asked for a satisfactory answer.

"Later. After the man left." Reply Devil Mask. The masked man turned to Jacqueline who lowered his head without a sound. This girl seemed to have no interest in opening the door for the woman.

So, it raises questions for those who inhabit the kitchen.

"Nobody opens."

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