Dawn of the new era

Chapter 28

The group arrive in the aftermath of the event that conspired years ago. They enter the beginning of fallen kingdom's crumbled down market district, under cover of the night. Midnight discontinues his pace of walking at the thought of seeing his old hometown again. "So this is what the kingdom looked like, I heard the rumors but... it really was in ruined." Mizuki looks around the destroyed market district in disbelief. As she views the cindered pieces of stall laying on the ground creating smog around them. Her foot ends up stumping a part of the burnt wood she had failed to notice in front of her. She stops to check what she kicked and redirects her attention to what the burnt wood had originally belonged too. "It use to be very crowded and lively and it still is, were here now right? Even so it feels good to be back home again!" Kaza uplifting spirit sets the dense atmosphere a little easier to breath in, as he places his arms back of his head with a silent look around the market district, he once walked down with the prince and the queen. 

They inevitably stop in front of what's left of shura old dojo, hardly recognizable by now. As kaza eyes drift around he manages to identified shura dojo through the dark night sky, mere steps away from them and takes a detour as he halts his movements, He opens a part of the wrecked door and takes a look inside "(It looks the same as it did before, nothing changed... we use to spend a lot of time here. Without master we would never had gotten this strong. Thank you... For everything.)" His silence catches mizuki attention as she stops investigating the burn structure and focus on kaza now. "I know nothing is exactually going on right here, but is something the matter kaza?" Mizuki curiously walks around the torn down stalls and stands close to kaza and takes a peek at the old burnt down building that he seemed connected too. After a few seconds pass without a word from him, he smiles back at her. "Nothing is wrong. Everything perfectly fine. Lets continue on to the castle. Were getting pretty close to it now, its just at the end of this road." Kaza looks straight ahead and walks pass her, she feels a strange sensation from kaza as she watches his back move farther from visible view. 

 Kamui is the next to walk pass her standing on what could only be assumed as the middle of the road. Kamui eyes slightly narrow at the sight of the destruction left behind from the incident that had taken place while he was still in the castle grounds, not being notified at the time that his group would carry on with the plan earlier then planed.  

"This place... use to be our old training ground. A second home you could say and what belonged of our master. Don't worry about kaza seeing this place must bring him past memories as do I... lets catch up to him and end this to rebuild a new kingdom, right? One last thing... I must thank you for worrying about him. Ever since I meet him he has a tendency to feel concern for others, yet he doesn't like it when peoples feel concern for him. He tends to smile everything off, so seeing you check up on him... its reassuring to see that he made a reliable friend." Midnight lingering word puts a sense of ease on her mind with an uncontrollable feeling to smile after hearing midnight words spoken to her. He walks a few steeps ahead of her and stops to gestures her to follow along with him. "You know its just common sense to help those in need. Even if it is to simply ask what might be troubling them." Mizuki briefly comments on his opinion as she now walks alongside him. He takes a look down on her straightforward attitude and slightly smiles. "Yes... I suppose you are right... truly." They both make their way to kaza waving them over from up ahead who is accompanied by kamui with folded arms a ways from him.   

"I mean I know everybody is... absent, but isn't it still alittle quiet? Do you think anyone else is here?" Mizuki abruptly brings up as she continues walking down the monochrome wasteland of the old kingdom, a eerie atmosphere reflects everyone thoughts. "Yes. Faint Bloodlust is in the air here." Kamui bluntly reveals to the group as he falls back and allows the others to pass him. "Don't you think you should mention that earlier, what exactly does that mean anyways? in English, please." Mizuki questions to him in hopes less ominous response and a clear answer. "You couldn't understand." Kamui irked by her response doesn't bother to comply with her request. "Actually. I don't really understand either." Kaza lightly chuckles as he listened to their conversation a shred of guilt converts throughout his voice. Kamui glances to kaza and sighs as he reluctantly seeks to explain to them. "He is just saying that someone else is here, but we still don't really know where. In that case lets stay together for now." Midnight steps in and explains to the both of them. "Alright, but couldn't you have just said that from the start instead of using ominous words? mister criminal... As if the place isn't creepy enough without you spouting complete sense. oh! no offense kaza, ka chan! I'm sure the kingdom was lovely before." Mizuki try's to clear up the misunderstanding hastily realizing her words didn't come across the way she intended.