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Chapter 26: Fear

"Geronimo!!"

"No, fucker, stop! Put me down! I said PUT ME D--"

The laughter of the whole group resounded in the beautiful scenery found within the mountains. The falls, the river, and serene atmosphere welcomed Kazutora, Yukino and Ayase when they arrived. The water is said to heal any kind of physical pain; thus, it is prone to having tourists swarming the place.

"Keep it down, people! There are other tourists aside from us, okay?" Draken shouted with his angry veins showing up to the boys who are at the top of the falls right now, carrying Kazutora who was late. But they could care less about their vice-captain's remark. They all teamed up to throw the long-haired gangster to the river which wasn't that high up from the top of the falls.

The sound of the water splashing after the yellow-eyed man met the water was heard after. Pah, Peh, Hakkai, Smiley and Angry laughed in unison when Kazutora's head appeared.

"Fuck! The water's so fucking cold! Damn you all, especially you, Pah!" He immediately yelled garnering more laughter.

"Well, you said to put you down so, they just did what you asked them to do." Yuzuha said who is currently preparing the picnic setup with the other girls.

"You guys just wait, I'm gonna make you pay!" Kazutora even yelled some more making Draken angrier and splash water on his face with a water gun.

"You shut up, too, Kazutora!" Draken angrily stated.

"Your voice is loud as well, you know." Mitsuya retorted, also splashing water to Kazutora with another water gun. The poor man could only shield himself using his hands from the twin dragons who are clearly ganging up on him.

"That's eno---" Before he could get away from the two, the others also splashed water to Kazutora who only shielded his face using his hands.

"Okay~ That's enough now, kids. Let's eat lunch." Pah's fiancée said  but the boys don't seem to hear anything. She could only laugh from what she's seeing while shaking her face.

"They seem to be having so much fun." A certain gray-eyed woman who is also smiling because of the boys turned to the peach-haired Hinata. She and Takemichi seemed to have made up before they left to hike in the mountains. The same case with Pah and his fiancée. Though she never really found out why and how the couples had their misunderstanding. Yuzuha only told her that it was only a minor argument.

"That's right. It's nice to see them have fun like that." Yukino replied, when she finally realized that another couple who went ahead of them is still missing. She looked around.

"Hina-chan, did Chifuyu and Kao-chan not arrive yet?" She asked while looking everywhere her eyes could reach.

"Oh they already did. But seems like they had a misunderstanding so they left for a bit."

"What? I'll look for them to have lunch, then." Without waiting for the other female's reply, she started to walk away.

The bird chirping, cold air, and the soft sound of the water echoed in the cave where Yukino is walking now. While looking for a certain couple, she wondered in the nearby cave right next to the falls. She memorized the place so she's familiar of her way back. She couldn't help but admire the beauty of the whole place.

While looking around, she noticed a small cliff approximately three meters to the water. She slowly peeked to the crystal-clear water. There, she sees several fishes and the clear sight of the bottom of the river.