Reborn Online

Two Soldiers

Naoki wasn't being himself, that much was clear to the people around, but they didn't dare to ask what was wrong. They feared that he'd snap if they did. The Don was phasing back and forth in the assemble room, his eyes filled with nervousness and grief. He knew what was coming. He felt it.

Valentino had called him last evening, the male had been panicking, told him that his Lightning Theo hadn't been his. He'd been someone else's. And he'd attacked him. He'd gone rogue. He'd assumed that Valentino had warned the others, his assumption had been correct. And they all knew what Theo/Damien was after.

He wanted to separate them from another.

Because he knew that they wouldn't meet up IRL maybe ever.

Because he knew that Naoki wouldn't meet them IRL ever if he could.

There were speculations as to why, some thought that his home life had been awful and that's why he'd decided so, others thought that he was a sheltered son of some rich business man, locket into his room. Neither of them was true. He just... Wasn't comfortable with meeting, with talking, face to face, people tended to judge him based on his looks too much. Treat him like an idiot just because he looked younger than he was.
He was the son of an army man, captain level, and because of that he knew how to defend himself, his mother was a scholar and thus he had learned to think for himself. But he'd also been born with a weak health and thus had been separated from his peers until late teenhood and now.. He didn't know how to act when not in the atmosphere of the safety of the Reborn! Online. He had wits, he had strength, he had class. But he lacked proper social skills. And it scared him.
Scared him to see all those children run around and use words he'd never thought a child would use, seen his own age group act oh so childishly, seen adults yell to their children, make them scared of themselves, feel unworthy. And he'd felt sick.

His values were a bit old fashioned, that was true, but he was more aware and accepting than others, it seemed. He held himself in certain way, he talked in certain way, he rarely raised his voice, he rarely cursed. And hearing it made him flinch.

Naoki admitted that he was soft by his nature, but he'd also learnt to be tough as steel and bendy as a bamboo.
This had been often seen as a weakness in the eyes of the other boys while he was growing up, but he was never physically attacked as the others knew that he was "fragile" as the teachers would state. And so they used verbal attacks, which stuck to him for a long while.

Naoki stopped on his tracks as he felt the lightning that was creeping closer, his eyes narrowed. Matteo had apparently shot Theo and he'd died, but judging from how the arrogant man was coming closer, it seemed like... "The bastard used a paid respawn", he muttered, ordering the nearest butler to get him his pistol. As the butler dashed into the weapon room, Naoki threw off his cape (he only wore it because his Guardians claimed that he needed to look cool when it was windy) his eyes fixed on the door.

His Guardians followed his actions, all of them remembering what had gone down two days ago. Trajan's eyes turned cold, so that same guy was coming after the boss over something as petty as losing a duel? Pathetic.

Theo bursted into the room holding his spear in his right hand, blood trickling down from the tip. Upon seeing the blood, Naoki's blood ran cold. His eyes now assuming the purple glow, signaling those near him that he was dead serious.
"You try to murder your own boss, my best friend, then you break in here and obviously either hurt or killed someone... Oh and you paid for a resurrection instead of accepting the new server where you'd never have to see any of us again.. And you think that I am the pay-to-win here?"
Theo didn't answer, but lunged at Naoki, his spear crackling with electricity. Naoki's eyes turned into slits. He could always try to use harmonisation factor, but it'd take time before it'd get to Theo. God, he needed to kill this guy off didn't he.