Revenge

[Sazu]

Dai had returned again to the land which gave birth to the man he was today. The land that had taught him the pain of losing something dear, the land that had taught him how far the cruelty of man could, the land that had taught him that his fists could buy him a brighter future, his hometown. The barren waste seemed worse now after he had left, the houses that were once remnants of their former glory were now nothing more than pieces of concrete scattered on the floor and he wondered if it was due to time or the bandits that had ravaged what was left of the land. Dai shuddered as he thought of his parent’s murder and he remembered why he was here, he had heard that a small group of refugees had returned to this place and were slowly growing in number. The bad thing about such large groups was that they always attracted the attention of bandits, the same bandit that had killed his parents and Daisuke had returned for revenge. Dai knew not where this man was and as he smoked on his cigarette he knew that he had to find the settlement first, perhaps the refugees held the location of the bandits lair.

[Eva Saroari]

Eva walked into town with a sense of purpose. She'd gotten herself this far, she was closer to her single mission in life. After that nothing mattered to her. She had enough, the means that would take her towards that goal. She had the money to buy the information she needed and rumors of a distraction that would lend a hand in her quest, if those rumors proved to be true. She'd made it to Cain Village, residents were keen to avoid her, even as she hid under the hood of her cloak. If anyone seen her silver hair and eyes, she'd have a lot of trouble on her hands.
Eva shrugged it off mentally and continued. She had one goal in mind. One purpose in this weapon-obsessed village. She had to know if the rumors were true, she had to know if they were planning a rebellion. She had to know when and if she could use it to her advantage.
Eva walked briskly. She vaguely recognized a man she'd seen before, the last time she'd battled for money. A man she'd seen fight a few times. He looked focused and she wasn't about to bother him. She brushed by him in the narrow street.

[Johnny]

Through out his life, Gin had been thought how to sell a gun, how to take it apart and use one. He was instructed in mechanics, survival and negotiations; all in preparation for his succession of the family business. And although he knew all there’s to know about handling money… he had no idea how to handle women let alone take care of one.

What was uncle thinking!! I can understand machine gun, much obliged. But what the hell I suppose to do with a girl!! Tamed, tamed he said!! As if he was giving me a pet to look after. Damm him…..that perverted old fart.

With a flushed face Gin dragged the wooden crate that contained his overdue birthday present he had received from his uncle a not too long ago.

It was supposed to be a business meeting!! If he just wanted to see me he should have just said so! And he… how did he know…….probably mom’s been writing a few concerned letters….just like her too. Ahhhhghh, she acts though but she always worries.

He stopped for a moment to check on his puzzling box, the girl still there, still very quiet. She was young, too young, probably around 16-17 years old. She had a very light chestnut hair that reached her very bare shoulders, with bright brown eyes and a cute pink bow tied around her neck enhancing the image of her nude body.

Gin stared at her again and immediately shut the top of the box again……
Weak kneed he pressed on until his head cleared enough for him to think straight.

He’s out of his God dam mind!! Does he think I’m into that stuff?! For Christ sake I’m not a monster. Shady yes, shady is good but a kid pillowing deprived son of a…

Hey… that person will do! It…..looks like a girl…….hard to tell but…..

Seeing no friendly looking female that could aid him in his predicament, and seeing he was completely out of his waters he approached what appeared to be a hooded girl that walked in his direction.

"Um excuse me miss……could you help me out? I just can’t figure out were to grab her umm….. "
Still very unsettled he waited for the cloaked girl’s reaction while still trying to regain his composure.

[Eva Saroari]

Eva looked at the man who had addressed her and instantly tensed. She thought the man looked like some one who would as soon try to rob her as look at her. She gave him a once over noting any weapons he appeared to have on his person and any signs that he may have one concealed.
"If you need to find something, I'm probably not the person you want to ask. I don't rightly know the location of anything in this village," Her voice was cool, aloof and carried slight tones of something fierce and deadly just beneath the surface.
She had a job to do, what did she care for a man who had a large crate that was probably filled with Gods-knew-what that she'd likely want no part of. But being polite was a way to get what she wanted so she might as well remain pleasant if not careful, one could never be too careful when dealing with shady-looking strangers.

[Sazu]

A girl he could swear he had seen some place passed by him but he was too determined to give him a second thought but there WAS something that caught his attention. A man who he had had a small partnership a while ago approached, a man he had not seem for some time and they separated in relatively good terms, one could even have called him Daisuke's friend. Daisuke smiled momentarily before he decided to call out to him, he then decided that i'd be a bad idea to call out to him since he did not know if he was in hiding or something like that so he approached them slowly. When he was fairly close he said "Gin" loud enoguh so he would be heard without startling them.

[Eva Saroari]

Eva turned at the sound of a voice even though she knew she knew she'd not been addressed. The man she'd seen in battle before seemed to know the one she was currently deciding on weather or not to aid. She could take at least one of them out, perhaps them both if it really came to that but she wasn't in the mood to fight. She was on a personal mission and she was going to complete it or die trying. This situation could get very complicated, very quickly. Complicated usually meant difficult. She frowned under the shadow of the hood of her cloak and remained still and silent, she'd have to see how things developed.

[Johnny]

Still at a lost for words Gin and still very visibly embarrassed looked at the cloaked figure. Now sure that from her voice she was girl and that she didn’t seam hostile, he looked inside his tattered coat for the letter his uncle had left him. As embarrassing as it was, it would speed things up considerably. While he was still pulling the letter out of the envelope, he heard the voice of an old acquaintance. The surprise of a familiar face shook him out of his very distressed state. To him he was the only friend he had made since he started out on his own. He had met a few strange acquaintances but the only one who stuck with him all the way so far, was this peculiar brawler. And so he decided to let him in on his predicament, all the while hoping he didn’t have a thing for minors, Gin greeted him with a troubled smile.

“Oh hey Daisuke, great timing! How you been man? ” But before he could go on, the box was opened by the shy looking present that inspected the surroundings with her inquisitive narrow eyes. Only revealing up to her honey colored shoulders, she remained motionless, fixated on the man that had first opened the box. And with a very subtle and innocent voice she addressed Gin:

“Are you my new master? Are you Gin Sir? Can I come out of the box now?
She had a somewhat serious look. As if not sure what to expect, what fortune had brought her. Who ever this man was, she was now for better or worse bound to him, belonged to him. She knew and she knew this well as she had seen friends shipped off in a simillar fashion. Regardless, she would serve and obey as she was trained to do so. Much better to be a slave and taken cared of than free, starving and dead.

Now completely thrown of balance he looked back at the two, aware at the awkardness.
“Ummm, I can explain….”

[Eva Saroari]

Eva had her keep her jaw from dropping in shock. What kind of sick pervert took any sort of delight in shipping an underage, naked girl off to become a piece of property? Her first thought was to punch the living hell out of this man with the box and get the girl away from them. But she resisted her initial reaction and flicked open the clasp of her cloak, and slipped the fabric from her shoulders. That girl had to have something to cover her. She was clad only in a pink bow, that was hardly appropriate. Eva tossed the girl the cloak.
"Please put that on," Eva told her, turned a glare in the direction of the owner of the package.

[Johnny]

The cloak flew and landed next to the girl who was still waiting for an answer she wouldn’t receive. Her master, too busy finding a way out of this mess. Seeing as she was being ignored she took the fabric and carefully examined it in her hands. But before she put it on she leaned a bit forward, while still covering her modesty with the cloak, to ask permission from the master.

She gently pulled on Gin’s coat, still very much unaware of his distress.
“ Um master, Sir, may I humbly accept the kind lady’s offer to cover myself? I wish not shame the master by such display in public….unless so he wishes it of course…..”

And on she mumbled to deaf ears as Gin was still stiff from the other girl's her glare. Not for long though, as the cloak had came off he saw the silver gray set of eyes and hair that clearly warned this individual was far from ordinary. Although quite startled by her appearance, she hasn’t tried to eat him yet so, why give her a reason to do so?
His mind now running rapidly, he took a few seconds to come up with a proper answer….
Son of Sam of what the hell!! Is her hair made out of silver? That, ain’t frigging normal….On second thought she’s kind of cute. Hmmmm probably around my age too….Dammit man! Focus!..... Ok box, naked girl, pissed of silver girl who probably thinks I’m a pedo grand perv. Brawler guy! No he’d be no help at the moment. I don’t think he’s the persuasive type. Auhhh what am I holding? A letter ? A of course….
Eh?
Realizing he was still holding it he took it out of the envelope and offered the letter to the silver girl. On it was written:

To my dear pseudo nephew

My how you’ve grown, your folk kept sending me pictures all these years. They told me that you had finally headed out on your own to continue the family business. Now I now it’s your family’s tradition to start form scratch but my boy these are dangerous times. You’ll need more than guts and dreams to make it out in one piece. With this in mind I’ve decided to give you this special “gift” for all those birthdays I must have missed. Now I’m sure you’ll know what to do with the first item, I’m not quite so sure you’ll understand the second. Now as you must already know, that hell cat mother of yours is always worried about you. Despite what your father says he always had your mother. And as capable as you are, traveling by yourself is just no good for you. And so as a dear friend of both your parents I feel the obligation of seeing to your well being. I’ve arranged this special gift for you, so you’ll always have someone to look after you in your travels. Don’t worry, she’s tamed. I’m sure you’ll find my gift very useful. Oh and please don’t try to send her back or anything. It would shame her and me greatly. If you’re still not sure what to do with her well do whatever you like. She’s your property now. Who knows maybe you’ll finally get over your shyness with women. Well your mother wrote about that too. Don’t’ get angry with me she’s yours to do as you please. Just remember to be gentle all right? Like I said she’s special and still pure I’ll have you know. I picked this flower myself and even wrapped it in a ribbon just for you.



Let me know later how she’s been treating you and take care of yourself kid.
PS: It wouldn’t kill you to visit me more often. It would spare me having to do things like this…

[Eva Saroari]

Eva took the letter and read it through twice just to be sure she was really reading it correctly. It explained quite a bit, now she'd have to figure out just what on earth this guy wanted with her. And they'd have to find something for that girl to wear other than her cloak. It was a temporary fix for a problem she'd been thrust into. She'd have to get her cloak back eventually, after that girl got some better clothes.
"Ok. This is pretty strait forward and pretty simplistic. You want to tell me what you need with me?" Eva asked coolly handing the letter back to the owner of the girl, she had yet to catch the name of. The other guy she was a little less worried about at the moment. He didn't appear to be armed but the first man, that was another story, he probably was.

[Johnny]

Seeing as the silver girl had calmed downed Gin was finally able to relax. At first he thought of introducing himself but he perceived she wasn't very interested in him so he decided not to waste any of her time. He wished the same was true for him, as he always liked to hear a good story. His curiosity peeked at the wonder of her features but he shoved the matter aside.
“Well you see, I’m in need of a gentler touch. You see I can’t really walk around with a large crate or a naked girl. I’m just an aspiring young merchant looking out for himself. I don’t know the first thing about taking care of a teenager! Honestly what was uncle thinking! So would you mind helping me take care of her, at least until she’s decent. I think I could take over from there. I’ll make it worth your wild.”

Upon finishing his request Gin finally noticed the strange girl was still pulling his coat, beckoning him. He answered without even turning; he didn’t want to get distracted again…
“Yes, yes by all means cover yourself and remove the ribbon while you’re at it. It will attract unwanted attention. ” She nodded, swiftly slipping into de coat that was a little big for her. Then she pulled on the coat once more and with a tender voice she asked again.

“Pleased don’t be irritated with me Sir, but may I leave this box? It would most inconvenient for you to be dragging me in such a fashion.” Gin made a gesture with his hand without facing her. “Yeah, yeah, just make sure not to flash Daisuke over there on your way down” Gladly climbing out of the crate she sat on top of the edge and used Gin’s shoulders for balance while dropping to the ground.

[Eva Saroari]

Eva studied him and thought that she'd be better off parting ways quickly, but she needed to get her cloak back and soon. Anyone who seen her silver hair and eyes usually wanted to kill her. She just wanted to get the information she needed and be on her way.
"Fine. I'll stick around until she has some decent clothes; so I can get my cloak back. I'm Eva, you two are?" her voice while soft and quiet, and her tone meant she didn't stand for nonsense.
Eva just wanted to get back to her mission, her plan was simple and strait forward. But, like most of her life since her parents died, her quest for vengeance was put on hold. She could get back to it soon enough after parting ways with these of people. She had her mission to think of, but leaving a slave-girl without decent clothes would be just strait up unethical.

[Sazu]

O.O.C: Woah, sorry about going M.I.A.but I haven't touched a computer in a while...
Johnny O.OC.: or a women yes, I went there
Kevin OOC: Dude you got pawned!!

I.C: Daisuke had stood motionless as the events had unfolded, the mysterious naked young girl in the box was something that had caught him off guard but in this time and age smuggling underage women for sick perverted old men was something that was not uncommon. Daisuke was a gun salesman so he wasn't the type to do this sort of business and his face showed the predicament in which he was in, the girl had been taken aback by the naked girl's nudity but she seemed to relax when Gin showed her a letter. The girl with silver hair was captivating in some way since she looked like a misguided angel with her silver hair and eyes and she reminded him to the pictures his mother had shown him when he was child, remembering all this only strengthened his decision.

"I'm Hotaru Daisuke but you may call me Dai or Daisuke if you'd like," Daisuke then turned to Gin,]" It's just like you to get into some trouble Gin, I've missed your company...no one's been able to get me into as much trouble as you" Daisuke smiled to his friend as extended his handing greeting.

[Eva Saroari]

Eva nodded to the man who identified himself as Daisuke, picking out the name of the man with the box. The girl's name was a mystery though. But she just wanted to get her cloak back and be done with it all. She knew that both men were likely startled by her appearance, but that she'd have to deal with later. She had to stick around until they could get clothes to fit the girl who was currently wearing her cloak.
"Could we get this girl some decent clothes? She can't keep wearing my cloak, it's not entirely appropriate," Eva said softly. She didn't want to interrupt but she felt a little odd without her cloak on. She'd worn it for so long that without it she felt a little exposed.

[Johnny]

Now that the girl was nice and covered Gin could think clearly again. He was glad to have met Daisuke again but as much as he wanted to catch up, silver over there seemed in a hurry. He faced the silver one, with a somewhat annoyed face and replied:
“Fine , fine, let’s get moving.” Sighing, he turned back to Daisuke:
“Sorry Dai, our conversation will have to continue later. It would seem I still have some more shenanigans that need to be taken care of. Why don’t we meet up later at the orange star inn; it’s not to far from here. It’s a little run down but, then again what isn’t around these parts. I don’t plan sticking around here very long but I do have some unfinished business.”

Once he finished parting with his friend he took a better glance at the new mouth he had to feed. She was taller than he anticipated and although covered by the fabric Gin could not help noticed her slender nevertheless gentle curves. With an effort he cleared his head from any….unnecessary thoughts and proceeded to get acquainted.
“Well hello little missy… The name’s Gin and apparently for reasons that are still unclear to me, you’ll be sticking with me from now on. Now as you must have heard we need to find a shop were we can get you all geared up. Do you know of any?”

The girl, who was at the time still untying her ribbon, thought for a moment and replied:
“Certainly, there’s a store in the next street two blocks away from this location. It’s most affordable and they have quite a decent variety of attires. Shall I lead the way master?”

Still bothered by her strange way of speaking, Gin answered as he walked away from the other two: “You have a way with words don’t you? Well anyways, yeah let’s get going.”
The Girl nodded and so they left the narrow street in search for the censorship of the poor girl. However as they did Gin noticed a pained look on her face. Even though she tried to hide it the heat of the scorching ground was burning her feet. Realizing this Gin bent on his knees and offered a piggy back ride. She was hesitant at first but if they were going to be together from now on, it was best to get along now. As she climbed on to his back, the strange sensation of holding someone in her arms for the first time…. she could not help but blush.