Chapter 52 - Guilt and Truth


    "I brought your favourite" Daisuke nced at Kaido who was standing by the door with a stic bag


    lifted up and his other hand in his pockets.


    Daisuke looked away and his brown eyesid upon his hands. The knuckles were red from the


    punches heid on Itami. "I don''t feel like eating" he answered.


    Kaido brought his arm down and sighed. "The least thing you need is Artemis-chan waking up to a


    dead looking brother slumped in the corner of the room"


    "Leave it on the table" Daisuke instructed. Kaido did what he was told and ced the donburi on the


    nearby table.


    "I heard what happened to Itami" Kaido said not giving any eye contact to Daisuke who was sitting on


    the chair with a very gloomy aura surrounding him like a huge depressing shadow that hovered behind


    him.


    Daisuke clench his hands together even tighter, holding back tears that welled up in the corner of his


    eyes. Kaido eyed his friend, leaning against the table behind him and crossing his hands "You got what


    you wanted. Itami''s dead now, A life for a life"


    Daisuke clicked his tongue in frustration. "A life for a life, is that some sort of joke?" he growled.


    "Artemis isn''t dead, and he wasn''t supposed to die. There was no life for a life"


    Kaido stared at him nkly. "I sense guilt"


    Daisuke clenched his hands even tighter, and his eyes widened. "Is it because he was our best friend


    or is it because you wanted to stain your hands with his blood"


    Daisuke didn''t know what to answer his other best friend. All three of them were close friends back in


    training years and the only ones that didn''t see his sister as a cursed one. He didn''t know what to feel


    right now. He just felt numb.


    "Did he at least tell you why he stabbed Artemis-chan and went behind the organisations back?"


    Daisuke sniffed, wiping his tears before they came rushing down. "I never got the chance to" his voice


    cracked. Kaido squeezed his arm in frustration. "That bastard never gave him a chance to exin"


    Daisuke hissed. Kaido scrunched his face in anger and clenched his teeth, he too was someone who


    was not also fond of the master of the Ryu organisation.


    "Daisuke, the rules we were taught since we were trainees were simple. No mercy to the traitors."


    "I know"


    "Fumihiro does not show any announce of mercy to the people that try to go behind his back. You


    remember what happened to Agent 9, 12 years ago." He still remembers the scene of an agent that


    was thrown in a den of tigers because he sold information to the government, was still fresh in his mind


    from that day. The day that everyone in his training years was forced to watch a traitor pay for his


    mistake for going against him was gruesome. The screams and pleading of the agent has haunted his


    sleep for as long as he can remember.


    He had to watch every single moment of it and couldn''t turn away or he would have been punished by


    the agents that stood behind and made sure no one covered their eyes. He heard the girls whimper


    softly and some were puking at the grisly sight. He was terrified for his little sister that was only 11 at


    that time, a little girl who always hid behind him.


    When he took a quick nce for reassurance, his eyes widened in horror to see her staring nkly


    without an announce of terror in her eyes. She stared at the tigers that feasted on the agent as if this


    was some sort of revenge to humankind for treating her the way they did to her.


    "Oi, Oi Daisuke, earth to Daisuke" Daisuke snapped out of his daze and turned his attention back to


    Kaido.


    "Sorry" he leaned back, resting himself on the chair with his hand tangled within his silver locks.


    Kaido sighed, rubbing the back of his head. "What are you going to do now? Itami is dead now, you


    can''t talk to dead people for answers"


    "That''s why I''m going to investigate this thoroughly" Kaido shot a quick nce at him. Daisuke stared


    back with eyes full of determination. "That''s risky, Daisuke. If that bastard of a bitch figures out that


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    your investigating on a traitor then-" he wasn''t able to finish his sentence because Daisuke interrupted


    him. "That''s why I will be careful. I know what I''m doing, Kaido. I have done a load of dumb shit in the


    past and never got caught"


    Kaido let out a quick chuckle. "You mean we. We done a load of dumb shit" he smirked putting his


    hand out for him to grab. Without hesitation Daisuke epted Kaido''s hand.


    "let''s find out the real truth of his betrayal"


    ~Somewhere in the forest of Viridis~


    "~nam nam nam, nom nom~" I watched how Homura was devouring the deer meat away as soon as I


    gave it to him. "Wow. Who knew you were so hungry?" I said.


    Homura stopped midway through his bite and shifted his eyes to me. "You''re the one that ate all my


    meat"


    "I only ate one jerky and in truth we only had 5 to begin with which you ate 4" I correct as I ced a


    stone on the ground.


    Homura opened his mouth to say something but stopped and thought for a second. I smirked knowing


    that he realised that he was the one that ate all of it. "That was still mine though"


    "But my money" at this statement Homura grumbled and didn''t say anything. I grinned in victory finally


    winning an argument with this stubborn snobby attitude of his.


    "Demarcus how are feeling now?" I asked as she was also busy making a campfire to barbeque my


    meat.


    "I appreciate your concern Artemis. I''m doing fine" he said with a pour, blowing a puff of hot at me.


    Something I learnt about him that if he blow a low hot air at me, it''s of appreciation.


    "And thank you for the delightful meal you hunted" he nodded his head. I gave him a small warm smile.


    Turning back, I continued to create the campfire to cook my breakfast.


    I ced stones into a circle then to ****** down sticks into the ground making a pyramid with it.


    I put my hands on my hips and smiled at my aplishment "Done, all I need to do is ma-" before I


    got to finish what I was about to say I saw a slow me shooting towards the campfire.


    I shielded myself from the boiling hot air that came from the burning fire. I peeked out from my hands


    and saw the me sizzling the wood and a low grumbleing from Demarcus.


    "Thank you for lighting up my campfire" I said. Demarcus nodded his head in approval before resting


    his hand on the ground, towards my direction. I looked over to Homura who stood still with no


    movement to be seen and he looked like he forgot how to breath.


    I couldn''t help but grin.


    ''Well, this is going to be fun to watch Homura and Demarcus''


    "What in God''s name are you doing?" Homura titled his head confused on what I was doing.


    "Making a grave" I answered as I tied a vine around the sticks that I made into a cross. "A grave?


    What''s that?" he asked.


    "it''s a human burial. When a living creature dies, humans tend to dig them underground" Demarcus


    kindly exined to the fox.


    Homura was more lost "Why do you need to bury a dead creature. I don''t bury the bones of my food


    when I''m done. Humans are veryplicated" he said.


    "Stupid fox, stopparing yourself to a highly intelligent creature" Demarcus said. ''I have ever said


    how much I love this dragon''


    This got Homura to shut up and ce his head on his paws and pout in annoyance.


    "Why is she making a burial for anyway? No one died except for the deer" Homura grumbled.


    "You foxes really are stupid aren''t you." Demarcus eyed the even more confused fox. "I''m not stupid,


    Dragon. Have you forgotten what you said before, I shouldn''tpare myself with ''Highly intelligent


    creatures''"


    Demarcus growled which got Homura to instantly regret what he said before.


    "What was that fox? I didn''t clearly hear what you just said. Mind repeating it to me again" Demarcus


    was an inch away from Homura''s face. His green eyes ring down at him angrily and baring his sharp


    white teeth. Homura suddenly fainted from fear.


    "Oh God, is he dead?" Demarcus said surprised. "Oh, I wish" I said sarcastically.


    Demarcus stretched out his w and slightly poked that unconscious fox whoid on his back with his


    paws out. I chuckled behind my hands at this adorable scene. Demarcus looks so innocent right now.


    "Foxes really are unusual and scared creatures." I sighed at his statement and shook my head but with


    a slight smile on my face.


    I looked at the stone pile with a cross sticking out from it with the carvings ''Michael Anderson'' on it. The


    stones were piled on where the campfire was before.


    I created a fake grave to cover up my tracks and the campfire just in case the spades or the knights


    under the piles of stone and covered the ash with it.


    "Ready to go?" Demarcus asked. I looked him dead in his emerald green and nodded.


    "Well then, climb on"