Blues

Chapter 13 - "Big bro'?"

"Sigh, I'm tired. Why do we have to leave in the morning anyway?!" Pouted Kazuya, sitting on the bench near the beach. He was with Michael.

Michael arranged his stuff in his bag and smiled :

"Pft. It's because if we leave in the morning, we're sure to arrive there in daytime."

"How long is the trip?" Asked Kazuya that had just arrived."

"1 minute long." Answered Michael.

"1? Minute? Well then, how do we even get there?"

"There is an helicopter coming to get you guys. I see you've found a 4th fighter?"

That voice was Akmir, he was standing side behind them, aside a car with a phone in his hand.

Michael explained Akmir everything about Kameha and how he'd be a great help for the tournament. He had a bright smile on his face, that made Akmir smile.

"Where the fuck is Grenadine?!" Asked Kazuya "He's fucking late !"

"Who the fuck are you calling Grenadine?!"

Shinji had appeared out of nowhere.

He had a bag on his back and a scarf around his hair. Covering it entirely :

"I'm ready to leave."

All of them were wearing their gakurans and had a bag full of clothes and other things only themselves knew.

When Shinji was asked about his scarf, he changed the subject : "Nice weather."

An helicopter slowly came down from the sky :

"There he is" yelled Akmir, "Alright guys, going back to work."

During the 8 months during which Shinji and Kazuya were training, Akmir had left high school and found a job. No one really knew what kind of job it was.

"Hey Shinji." Asked Kameha as the helicopter came down.

"Huh?"

"You have.. a lipstick kiss mark on the corner of your lips."

Shinji panicked and stopped grabbing the scarf on his head as he was trying to clean the lipstick on the corner of his mouth.

The scarf flew away with the wind of the helices.

"What" said Kameha

"the" said Michael

"Hell?!" Yelled Kazuya.

Shinji's hair was black.

A few minute earlier :

Shinji was sitting on a chair with his head leaning backwards.

Behind him, was Atsui dying and cleaning it :

"I'm doing this because you'll easily be recognized there. The Harumichi never participate to the Young Gods tournament. The other gods think it's because they're too weak during their teenage years and need to train their whole life to obtain more power. So try to hold your aura back as much as possible or you'll get noticed."

"... What about Kazuya?"

"Some people dye their hair to look like the Royal clan. But the Royal are highly respected there so it's alright."