a heartbreak's tale

chapter four

The both of them quickly reached their base to regain their health.

"They're at lord." Minotaur informed them gravely.

"On it." They replied in unison, before running off together again - this time, in the direction of Lord. Their teammates were not far behind, as they each respawned one by one.

With Kagura's retribution spell, they easily stole Lord - only to meet the wrath of Harith. Gusion took out Hanabi fairly easily, while the team together killed Hylos. They were caught off guard by Harith though, and with his dash and ultimate, he quickly took out everyone easily with the help of Terizla.

"Enemy savage!" The announcer called out.

"Oh, well." Gusion sighed through the comms.

"We have Lord, maybe he'll defend?" Chou joked. Kagura gave him a small smile, while they watched in dismay as Hayabusa - being the sneaky assassin that he was - was already in their base and attacking it.



-

They lost.

They gathered back at the loading lobby, the adrenaline from the match slowly being replaced by exhaustion. Lesley scoffed at their enemy team, who took to cheering loudly about their victory. She turned her back to them, using her body to block them from her teammates' view. "I think we did great." She stated as she glared at her team, daring any one of them to disagree.

None of them verbally did. Kagura almost jumped when she suddenly felt a light touch on her lower back. She turned, only to meet Gusion's eyes. "You okay?" He whispered, his hand now resting reassuringly on her shoulder. She managed a small smile back at him. "Yeah, it's not the first time any of us lost." He nodded, just as Kagura saw something whirl by behind him. She peeked past the mage assassin, only to see Hayabusa catch Hanabi from her jump - before pulling her into a hug. Both of them had huge grins, while their team continued to celebrate their win.

She looked away hastily.

"Damn it. We'll have a celebratory lunch too." Lesley declared, pulling Minotaur by the arm as she marched towards the cafeteria. Gusion followed suit, an amused smile on his face. Kagura hesitated, about to follow her room mate too when she felt a hand slip into hers. "You wanna go to the flower garden instead?" 

She let out a breath, feeling her shoulders still highly tensed and her hands still holding her umbrella rigidly. She nodded wordlessly.

Without another word, Chou easily steered her away from the crowd to the quiet peacefulness of her favorite place.

-

"So, what's up?" The fighter asked as they made their way into the garden.

Almost instantly, Kagura felt a lot lighter as she breathed in the fresh air. She'd felt too suffocated just now. She squatted down, sighing as she admired the pretty flowers. She glanced up. "I don't know what you're talking about."