Leave Hajime?
Yes >No<As much as I hated seeing Hajime so distressed, we couldn't just leave him behind. He's the only one who knows what's in there, plus he needs to be able to confront his guilt head on to get over it.
"He's going to hate me! What if he's already dead? God this is all my fault." Hajime was shaking violently as tears leaked from his eyes. I approach Hajime and put a hand on his shoulder.
"We're going to get him out of there. You will be reunited again, that's a promise. But we need you to be able to do that." I told him. Hajime stared up at me, I couldn't imagine what could be going through his head. It was quiet as he moved his gaze to the floor.
"It's a promise?" His voice was soft, slowly his eyes drifted back to me. I gave him a nod, that seemed to be enough. After a few deep breaths he managed to stop crying. "Off we go then."
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There was a cave opening that had a bunch of signs pointing to it. All of them were cheap advertising tactics or bright magic spells to draw more attention to it. Hajime started to freak out again but Chiaki and Nagito were doing their best to calm him down."My my~ what is it we have here?" A voice echoed.
"Some more brave souls it seems." A second voice replied with noticeably less enthusiasm.
Then two beings appeared in front of us. The one on my left had big blonde hair put up into twin tails. Her deep red iris stood out against black scleras. She wore a white grilled button-up, a black corset vest covering it. Resting on the left side of the vest was a strange red symbol, looked like a sharp squiggly line. She also wore a multilayered red skirt, since it was parted in the middle the back was much longer than the front. Underneath this there was black, slightly teared, leggings. The leggings were tucked into dark boots with red accents.
Next to her was another girl. Short black hair rested on her head, making her white iris' stand out all the more. Her scleras were dark like the other's. Unlike the other, her button up was black and didn't have any frills. This girls vest was white, with that symbol resting on the right. Sleek dark pants were tucked into bright boots. This girls gaze was much calmer than the blonde, it created such a huge contrast between them.
"Welcome brave travelers!" The blonde spoke.
"The test of bonds lies ahead." The other one said nonchalantly.
"We- oh my! Mukuro, would you look at this?" The blonde seemed to be caught off guard, her persona switching entirely. "It seems someone's back for another round of despair..." she sounded uninterested now.
"Oh, seems like you're right Junko." Mukuro spoke locking eyes with Hajime "Or maybe he's come back for the bond he couldn't hold." Mukuro had managed to keep up her part of the act.
I look over to Hajime and he's shaking. He doesn't say anything but the look on his face says enough. He's staring in absolute horror, memories are forcing their way into his head. These two showmen are only making his fears worse, I feel like they know that they're doing it.
"Alrighty stop your yapping, you know why we're here don't you? So how bout cutting the small talk and tell us how to get him back." Kichi cut in, thank god.
"You won't even let us finish our pitch... how unfortunate." Junko held her pigtails, seeming sad? Any emotion she was presenting was gone before I could even analyze it. "Aw~ You miss who you lost? How swad, frowny." She said switching to a cutesy type of attitude and voice.
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My Prince~ (OumaSai Fantasy Au)
FanfictionCOVER WAS MADE BY @forever_multi CROSS-POSTING ON AO3 UNDER @Me_nobody UPDATES TEND TO BE SLOW BUT IM NOT ABANDONING IT I PROMISE - - - - Shuichi was ready to rule his kingdom after his fathers death, but suddenly he finds himself kidnapped and save...