A hidden survival

Chapter 17

Akane continued, "When she knew there was still two family left, she made a promise to herself to be strong and find them. It wasn't easy, but she knew she still have two of them left, thus she was able to stay strong." Sakura glanced at Akane who explained, "Your parents may be gone but you need to know, you still have your brother and he is working very hard to protect you. You can choose to stay like this or be strong and protect your only family left. What do you want to do?" Sakura's expressions finally returned as she cried, "I... I want to be strong but... I'm... scared." Akane patted her head, "It's okay to be scared. We'll take it step by step. The first step is to talk to Seiki. You're his only family left. He needs you." Sakura nodded as she wiped her own tears away.

At the basement...

"Seiki, take a break." Ryou persuaded. The boy shook his head, "I need to be stronger. I need to protect Sakura." Ryou sighed and turned to see the two girls standing at the entrance of the basement. He grinned, "Sakura is here to see you." Seiki stopped and turned to see Sakura entering the basement with Akane smiling at him. Seiki released his sword, and run towards them. He called, "Sakura! You're okay?" The little girl nodded, "I'm sorry I made you worried, brother." He hugged Sakura, "its okay." He shifts his eyes to Akane and mouthed 'thank you' which was reciprocated with a gentle smile.

Akane left the basement to find Hana. She walked up the stairs and called, "Hana. How's the girl?" There was no reply, she ran up to the room and heard loud sounds coming from inside. Without any hesitation, Akane budged in. "Hana!" The toddler was awake, screaming and crying out of control. Akane turned to the window and saw Hana's elbow was cut by the broken glass window. Akane rushed towards the toddler and chanted, "Gran la sleep." The toddler immediately fell back to her bed, sleeping. She ran towards Hana, "Vulnus sanitetum" The cut starts to heal itself. Hana looked at Akane, eyes filled with fear, she asked, "What was that?" Akane looked at the toddler and frowned with worry, her eyes darkened as she replied with a deep tone, "She's a destructor." Hana repeated in a confusion, "A destructor?" Akane tightens her grip on Hana and announced, "Hana, we might need to leave sooner than we think."

Author's note: so sorry I have not been updating lately!!! I have been so busy lately, my updates will be irregular but I'll definitely try!!