Metanoia Book 1

Chapter 19. Another Day Another Red Spider Lily Blooms Part 1.

In the middle of the night three shadows could be seen nearing the entrance to the city of Groydon. These three shadows belonged to the group, Higabana Foxes with the three girls, Annabelle, Sif and Lilly. "It's been so long since we last visited this city!" Said the girl with white hair, looking down at the city from a hill. Her cyan eyes seemed to be glowing in the moonlight. "Sure has! So you really think some spies hide somewhere down there?" asked Sif walking next to Annabelle. She did not answer for a moment until she turned around looking at the last member Lilly who looked down feeling uncomfortable. "Well after what a little bird had sang, we might be lucky enough to find some, besides I might have an idea how to lure one of them out~"

Fanny was getting ready to head out for work. She normally went to work in the afternoon when she knew her students were done with school. Then she has lessons for 2-3 hours. She walks into the living room and says goodbye to Blue, and to take care when she's going to the doctor to get checked on the baby. Blackie was still at her job and would be home later in the evening. Fanny grabbed her bag and went on her way to her job. When Fanny does her lessons she only teaches them the basic ways to defend themself in combat, and never to use it for fun.

Later the day when the lessons were over she said her goodbyes with the children. Giving them fistbumps and highfives. Even though they were from different sides and should be seen as enemies, she still loved being in Groydon. The people have been so welcoming towards her, and she loves the children in the dojo. Even the parents seem to be very happy with the energetic girl. All this only brings more determination to do her job. She finished cleaning and putting things back to their places before she got ready to leave herself. She locked the doors and went on her way home. She wanted to enjoy some small nature surrounding so she walked out of the city and close to the forest area, since she liked the silence like back in Ideley.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard someone screamed for help, which made the black haired girl jump into action, she began to run towards the screaming until she saw the situation. She saw a small girl on the ground a little injured, meanwhile three girls were standing in front of her. This made Fanny lose her calm and she started to run faster towards them "Hey you three! Leave her alone!" she yelled and swung her bag when she was almost towards the three girls. Though the three of them all dodged the bag, just in time Fanny could grab the girl and get on a good distance again.

Fanny kneeled down and took a closer look at the girl's wounds to see if any of them were serious. Luckily they were all just small scratches so that was a relief. "Are you okay?" she asked the girl, who was crying. Fanny felt sad for the girl and went and gave her a hug, to calm her down. "It's fine, I'm here to show the bullies a lesson" she whispered while rubbing her back gently. When she let go she stood up and faced the three bullies, she turned her head to the girl "listen, you run home and stay safe, I'll take care of things here!" she said before turning her head back to the three. The girl who looked shocked at the girl in front of her, gave a small sound of understanding before she started to run towards the city.

When Fanny could no longer hear the girl anymore, she started "What were you three thinking, she was just a little girl!?" she yelled at them. She noticed two of the girls looked like they found something interesting in her anger which only angered her more. The last one though was standing behind the two others, looking down with a scared expression, like she didn't want to be there which made Fanny confused about her. "Well, well looks like we did find one after all" said the girl with blue hair with an excited expression. Fanny was still confused until the other girl with white hair took a step forward. "Looks like it~ Hey you" she said looking at Fanny with a grin "you're a spy from team Hikari right?" she finished, which gave Fanny a surprised look before going back to glaring. This was enough for Annabelle to get her confirmed about her question. "How about you tell us where your teammates are located and we will think about showing you mercy" Annabelle said. Fanny only gave Annabelle a glare before giving a response "I would rather die, then tell you anything". Annabelle shook her head in disappointment and turned to the blue haired "Shame, well I think this one would be perfect for you Sif" she said giving a quick glare at Fanny. Sif's eyes started to shine in excitement, while Fanny took a tighter grip on her back.