III - SWORD OF THE BRAVE // Doraemon Fanfic

21 - ENTER SHIZUKARU

~~START OF SECOND HALF~~

"Hi, my name is Shizukaru...

Nice to meet you."

"H-How-?" Doraemon muttered out, beyond his control.

Shizukaru cluelessly tilted her head, saying, "Huh? What do you mean?" smiling awkwardly.

Seeing how no one was greeting her back, Christina said, "Yo, what the heck kind of a reception is that? She is an ally, greet her appropriately."

"You guys are really hopeless," Gian commented, taking the initiative, "Hey, Shizukaru, I'm Giantosu. I am a Yumirumi swordsman."

They shook hands. Gian blushed at making contact with girl, noticing which Christina and Suneo both laughed.

"And I'm Sunemisi. I'm a swordsman from your neighbouring nation, one of King Yamada's army."

"Yeah, I'm aware of the alliance between the two nations. I was dispatched after that was passed."

Suneo sighed in relief. "Finally! Finally someone with fuckin' braincells." He shot a begrudged look at Christina.

"Take. That. Back." Christina barked at Suneo. "After everything you did to us in the past, I had every right to shout at you."

"You did more than shouting, darling," Suneo tweeked her chin playfully.

"SHUT UP!!" She yanked Sunemisi's hand away.

Giantosu hit Suneo on his back hard and playfully wrapped his arm around his neck. "Alright alright. Calm down you two. The past is in the past."

"No... I can't take this."

All eyes turned to Nobita. Immediately all of their jokes and grins faded away seeing the mortified expression on the boy's face.

"Nobita~~" Doraemon whispered out.

"No, I can't. I can't fucking take this." Nobita stumbled a step back, his lips quivering and mind totally blank. "This... This is too much for me. I can't. I can't do this. Not now."

Saying that,he spun around and sprinted away into the woods. Doraemon followed right after.

"HEY, NOBITANIAN!!" Gian called, not understanding what was going on.

On the other hand, Christina was concerned. She did not like the look on Nobita's face even a little.

"Did I upset him somehow?" Shizukaru asked, panicking.

"No, no. You were fine. There has to be something else, I think," Gian said.

"Doraemon will get him back. It's quite obvious that he shares a deeper connection with the magician for some reason. Let him look over him," Suneo pointed out.

"You're right." Gian acknowledged.

Christina wanted to follow and tend to Nobita so bad but she couldn't... Not after Suneo just mentioned that.

She knew what it would mean if she were to follow Nobita regardless and she absolutely did not want them to think anything of that sort.

She shrank into herself, blushing.
......

"Nobita-?" Doraemon called out the boy, whose back was facing him.