QUARTET ALLIANCE: LEND A HAND (Wild Duty & Judgement)

Chapter 21: Enclose a Beginning

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7:23 P.M

-Library-

Before Kazuo had time to think, his eyes caught a flash of the fist making its way towards Rehan's stomach, then the impact taking place and making the blond fall onto his knees. When it all came down to realization, he widened his eyes slightly and stood up instinctively. The struggle for air that came from Rehan made the fact that he was no way matched for these guys and his body won't be able to take much known.

Kazuo limped quickly and stood infront of the kneeling blond defensively. He glared daggers at the man who had a stone faced expression, totally unaffected that he just badly harmed the young blond. His hand still stayed over his bleeding shoulder as he tried to think of a way to beat them.

There was no way to do that.

So the only option he had was to run.

Run. That's it. He wasn't going to do it alone undoubtedly. Kazuo grabbed Rehan's wrist with his free hand by bending down to the younger, pulling him upwards, running, and dragging him to the left where no one was standing. Cesal is a strong opponent. If he were to go up against him without any knowledge of how the blue head is able to do his unsettling magic it would be a huge problem and a stuipd move as well. The guards are clearly stronger in physical ability, he was a good fighter, but he was still on the unfavorable side as he was previously injured and he cannot drag Rehan into this mess. Although, he already kind of did.

Another reason he was running, hastily avoiding bumping into the street signs, ignoring the stares of the drivers who caught sight of his disheveled self, and trying his best to get away from there without a second thought was because of Naomi. She was and never will be good news to him. Not after everything she's done.

It was so cowardly. Kazuo hated being cowardly. He hated cowards. He hated being scared, being controlled, and being weak. He hated all of it. So much hate, but it was just how he was. Running away like this. How he was lacking courage. The raven head blinked away fastly, blocking the tears from escaping his dark red eyes. He bit his bottom lip in frustration. It was not like him to cry at all, but how could he not when many unwanted memories come back. When they come back in as lost toys in the shore of the beach, washed away then come back with a strong wave, throwing them back to the sand, and leaving.

Naomi and him were a typical happy couple. He felt happy and valid once upon a time. Only until she turned out to be mentally sick. As in, an actual murderer.

Their relationship was doing fine or that's what he thought. It turned out Naomi was only obsessed with him for some reason. And not obsessed as in she loved him too much, but actually where she'd kill anyone who dared to be close to him. What happened is that when Kazuo introduced her to his parents, she got jealous of his mom because she was another female close to Kazuo. Funny, right? Sunday morning, just when the raven head was about to tell his parents good morning, instead of being met with usual heartwarming smiles and greetings, he was met with the sight of his dead mother on the living room.

His dad was at work during that time. So he found out moments later. Kazuo couldn't forgive her. After that, he decided to work as a criminal defense lawyer because he never got or agreed with the fact that someone could be born with a black heart. He wanted to study evil, to study criminals. After Naomi found out about him becoming a criminal lawyer, she disappeared and that's why the police have been after her for a year after he reported the case.