34. War

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The ten friends arrived at the entrance of the Sukemoto hotels and all took deep breaths as Mayu clenched her hands nervously.

The war was no doubt going to take place the second one of Tsubaki's many subclasses spotted them; there was no avoiding this even if they wanted to. Misono, having noticed his friends rather worried face, went over to her and laid a comforting hand on her shoulder as she gasped slightly and turned towards him.

"Don't be worried, my friend" he said in a reassuring tone "we are going to come out of this war victorious and the Greed Pair will be rescued as our first priority."

Mayu's frown slowly replaced itself with a soft smile and she felt a surge of determination run through her veins at her friend's encouraging words. She suddenly felt another hand lay itself on her other shoulder and turned to see Mikuni who adjusted the cowboy hat on his head before smiling goofily at the caramel colored hair girl.

"Or" Mikuni added "you might die a slow and horrible death filled with suffering and anguish...but that's the fun part of war, isn't it?!"

"STOP SPOUTING YOUR BULLSHIT PESSIMISTIC VIEWS IN HER EAR!!" Misono yelled, obviously triggered.

"Not pessimistic Miso-kun...just realistic."

The two brothers then began to argue with one another as Mayu giggled quietly and Kuro glanced in her direction momentarily before blushing lightly and quickly looking away. However, unbeknownst to him, Hugh noticed his elder brother's blush and frowned slightly before looking away; his arms crossed in evident disapproval.

"Misono?" Mayu called softly.

"STOP FUCKING TOUCHING ME MIKUNI!!"

"Misono?"

"I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL RIP YOUR EYES FROM THEIR SOCKETS AND SHOW THEM UP YOUR ASS!!!"

"Misono?"

"STOP MESSING WITH MY HAIR MIKUNI, IT TOOK HOURS TO FIX IT...RICH?!?! I'M NOT RICH!!!!!!"

"MISONO?!"

Everyone fell silent and turned towards Mayu in surprise as her cheeks burned red with frustration and embarrassment. Misono awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck with his hand and swatted Mikuni's hand away from his hair before turning towards the girl and muttering a small apology.

"Are you ready to go inside now?" She asked softly.

"Yes!" Misono exclaimed as he suddenly pulled a phone from his pocket "If it helps, I happened to have stolen Belkia's phone."

Everyone sweatdropped slightly and stared at Misono as Mayu smiled once more and grabbed the phone from his grasp before examining it. It was a small pink flip phone with a small figure of Belkia himself swinging gently back and forth from it. Mayu flipped the device open and clicked into his contacts to see he had only three.

Tsubaki, the one who was causing this war in the first place.

Otogiri, the name of the white haired girl that used the wires.

And...

Mayu's heart suddenly clenched tightly in her chest and she frowned deeply as the phone shook slightly in her hands and her chocolate brown eyes immediately filled with tears.

Sakuya...was the last contact.

'Don't cry, don't cry!' Mayu thought strictly to herself.

The seventeen year old girl inhaled deeply and shut her eyes tightly as she felt someone give her shoulder an encouraging squeeze. She slowly released the breath she was holding and reopened her eyes to see Kuro's hand on her shoulder and he nudged her slightly as she simply nodded; signifying that she was alright now.

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