La Nuit Tourne Paranormal

Chapter Four

Backup. Kenzo and Faye walk up to us as Faye begins to smile at Itsuki, standing super close to him. She always makes herself so obvious. I cross my arms as Kenzo begins to speak.
"What happened?"
"The plan was a dupe... did you not sense him here?" Itsuki begins to furrow his eyebrows as he begins to look anxious.

"No... I haven't. We weren't careful enough..." Kenzo begins as Itsuki cuts him off.
"He must've sensed us..." He scratches the back of his head in defeat as Faye grips his arm as she pouts at him.

"Suki, don't feel bad... we'll catch him." She smiles as Itsuki pulls away from her grip as he steps a few feet away from her.
"I know I will." He crosses his arms as he turns his back and begins to walk away.

Faye begins to follow him as Kenzo holds his arm out and stops her as I internally laugh at the scene unfolding in front of me. She glares at him as he narrows his eyes at her.
"Leave him be, he needs time to himself."

She crosses her arms as she pouts at him.
"Okay..."
Finally someone put her in her place... he doesn't need a service dog. Suddenly Itsuki stops in his tracks almost four cars away from us as he turns back to us, staring across from us narrowing his eyes.

Suddenly I realize he's looking behind us as I turn around to see Hiromi standing there leaning against the wall beside the stairs. His leg is kicked up against the wall as he stands there nonchalantly, his hair perfectly falling over his face.

Itsuki suddenly teleports next to me as I gasp in shock as my eyes widen, what's up with him? Itsuki narrows his eyes at him as he begins to call him out.
"Why are you here?" He asks sternly.

Hiromi chuckles as he kicks himself off of the wall and begins to walk over towards us, nonchalantly. Itsuki doesn't break his glare as Hiromi nears us, I notice Kenzo begins to look puzzled.
"Hiromi?" Kenzo says as Hiromi smiles at Kenzo and bows to him.

"It's been a while, how are you Kenzo?" Kenzo suddenly smiles as he bows back to him, no longer looking concerned.
"I've been well, what brings you here?" He asks calmly... as opposed to Itsuki's interrogational style.

Hiromi chuckles as he glances at me, suddenly my heart begins to race.
"As I told Itsuki, I was sent here on a mission." He averts his attention back to Kenzo.
"We may possibly be after the same person... given you're here." Kenzo says as everyone in the room becomes silent. Anger fumes across Itsuki's face as confusion spreads across mine.

Why is he upset? Isn't this good? We could use a hand...
"Your uncle?" He asks as Kenzo and Itsuki both clench their jaws.

He is after the same person as us... I knew something felt strange about him... I'm guessing he's also a caster.
Kenzo looks away as I notice Itsuki is still glaring at Hiromi, almost as if he wants to tear him apart.

"That's great! He can help us." Faye says as everyone looks at her.
"Why should I help a thief." Hiromi narrows his eyes at her as awkward silence falls upon us.
"I-I..." She starts as Kenzo cuts her off.
"She's right. We should work together."

Suddenly Itsuki's glare transfers over to Kenzo as he crosses his arms and clenches his jaw again.
"We don't need help." He pouts as Kenzo returns the glare.
"We have a mutual goal, if Hiromi will agree..." Kenzo starts as Hiromi cuts him off as he glances at me, a grin appearing on his face.

"Of course I agree." He smiles as Kenzo pats his back.
"Where are you lodging at during your stay?"
Hiromi chuckles as he replies, "A hotel... it's nice though."

"You should have dinner tonight at the quarters with us." Kenzo smiles as Hiromi bows to him.
"I would be honored."

Suddenly Itsuki begins to walk away, as Faye follows after him... her nerve. I roll my eyes as I'm left with Kenzo and the man I met in the bathroom. I look up as I notice he's glancing at me, my cheeks begin to burn red... what's going on with me?