The Phantom: A raging war

Chapter 16

Sumariu P.O.V

Tetsuya, Where Is he? Is he safe? Warm? happy?

I hope hes okay. But one thought rings in my mind

Is he coming back for us? Of course he is, He wouldn't leave us behind willingly.

All the demons are angry about Akashi and Tetsu escaping. We haven't moved from the camp in a while. About 20 search parties have gone and come back empty handed. A few hours ago a small frail boy was placed into our cage, He curled up in the corner the second they got the chains off him.

"You haven't said anything since you arrived" Midorima says to the boy who remains silent only offering a small shrug in response. He keeps his gaze down as if hes afraid to look up. I sigh and look around from my seated position, My dickhead of a father walks past, Looking at the guard stationed outside the cage.

"Still can't fine them. Or a trail. Any clues of where they went would have been destroyed in the rain" He says, My mother glared at him, If these cage wasn't here i'm sure he'd be a dead man walking.

"Dick!" She yells after a while "How could you do that to our child? Our Child" She pauses and looks away, tears in her eyes, "Our children" she adds in a whisper

"that thing inside him was nothing but a demon who needed to be taken care of." My father says, showing no emotions on his face. "Whether he was once my blood does not matter to me"

I growl at his words, Ready to yell, Kick scream at him. Call him a monster tell him he'd no father of mine. I glare deadly at him.

"You have no idea what you've done" A small fragile voice comes from behind us, cutting through the thick silence. I turn to the source seeing the boy slowly lifting his head. His eyes dark and empty. I glance at everyone else and they look just as confused as I am.

"What?" My dad asks in an angry and defensive tone

"Tetsuya" He whispers, "Will die"

Akashi P.O.V

I look around as we walk through the streets. I smile softly at the feeling, Warm and comfortable like it should be. Enveloping us like a hug. The calming lights giving a soft glow to the streets ahead. Why cant It be like this all the time? Why do we have to have demons fighting us all the time.

I watch as people stop what they're doing and looking at tetsuya. Admiring him for only a second before carrying on with their duties. Some even give a small bow or nod of respect. they really like him here huh? Well, he is one hell of a fighter.

A thick cough cuts through my thoughts. I look over at tetsuya, seeing him heaving and coughing, quickly going to cover is mouth.

"Are you-" I go to ask if he was okay but he cuts me off.

"Im fine" He says waving off my concerns, "its probably because of the way here. Probably just a cold" He shrugs taking another step forward I look around as we now enter a new street. People cheer and squeal at his arrival, I smile at their happy faces. I hear him sigh.

"I'm not the hero they think I am. I'm useless without M" He whispers, Sounding completely broken, He got worse over night, I thought he was fine. How stupid, of course he wasn't he cried in my arms most of the night before passing out. I mentally slap myself for being so stupid and ignorant.

"I've seen what you can do. Don't think you're weak because of this" I say trying to make him feel better

"What more can I do?" He asks, a small frown on his face "Go back and fight them? In THIS condition" He asks gesturing to himself before sighing and walking away slowly. I sigh and walk after him