Varia's Chained Cloud (Nanbaka x OC x KHR)

Breakout 13

Jyugo quietly sat chained up in the cell, thinking about what Hajime said to him about the desire to want something, about not being greedy. He couldn't understand Musashi because he had never experienced greed. 'I don't even know myself. Can I even want anything now?'

"Jyugo, you're a bit odd. ("Huh?") I mean, you can escape whenever you want, right?" Uno said, placing down the futon bedding and sitting on it. "Isn't it more fun to play outside than stay in this tiny space?"

"There's nothing to do even if I go outside," Jyugo replied. "So it doesn't make any difference where I am."

Uno grinned. "If it were me, I'd want to date lots of girls and win a ton of money at the casino."

"Hey, hey, what are you guys talking about?" Nico asked, laying down on the bed in Akiri's lap as her hand played with strands of his long green hair.

"We're talking about what we'd do if we got out of this prison," Uno answered.

Nico sat up from Akiri's lap and leaned forward. "I'd like to go to this place called Akiba first. I wanna look at figures and buy some merch." He jumped off the bed and kneeled next to Uno. "I also want to go to events for my favorite anime and shake hands with the cast, and I want to see real cosplay."

"That's too much!" Uno pouted.

"Yeah, but those are the things I like." Nico smiled brightly.

"Hibari-chan?" "Yeah! What about you Aki-chan?"

Akiri, who was on the bed with her back against the wall, quietly let out a hum. "When I get out of prison, I'd go back home and start working and training again."

"Geh?! You work?" "Hn. Is it that surprising?"

"Well yeah..." 'You seem like a rich kid and with your personality.'

"Anyways..." Akiri pushed her hair back. "I'd also spend time with my family... Visit my cousin and friends... Fight against those guys for fun..." She then looked at them. "If you guys were out of prison with me, I'd recruit you to the Cloud Division and help Green-Dotard tour Japan."

"Eh? Really?! Thank you Aki-chan!" Nico hugged her.

"Wait, what's the Cloud Division?" The gambler questioned and Akiri let Nico drag her off the bed to sit next to Uno.

"It's the division I'm the leader of back at my job."

"What is your job anyway, Aki-chan?"

"Hn. Secret."

Nico laughed with a sweatdrop and Uno sighed, knowing they wouldn't get an answer from the woman.

"What about you, Rock?" Uno asked, looking over at him. "Food related, no doubt."

"What do you mean by that?" Rock responded, looking away from the magazine he was reading. "But I guess I do want to go eat something good. But that's not all. Take a look at this!" He showed them a page in the magazine. "If you can eat ten bowls of ramen in thirty minutes, it's free! I wanna try this so bad!"

'Their faces when they want something look so happy and alive.'

"One minute left," Hajime said, looking at his watch.

Jyugo looked up at the ceiling, his bangs shadowing his eyes. 'I kinda get it now. I became dependent on them having things I don't have. I can't have anything by watching, listening, or thinking about them.' He grit his teeth and clenched his fists.