Amari and Sayuri were walking alone in a forest.
They were walking slowly, no worries.
Side by side, Amari said calmly.
"Phew, we finally managed to despise them..."
Sayuri walked calmly too, one hand on her staff.
"Yeah... Hm, you are?"
Amari gave her a smile.
"Oh, my name is Amari! Nice to meet you."
Sayuri suddenly stopped, extending the staff to the side, holding the hat with the other and saying in a very... epic way, with her cape flying in the wind.
"My name is Sayuri!! And i will be the best wizard in the world!!!"
Amari kept smiling.
"I knew your name, but that goal... that's interesting... And you don't look dangerous at all-"
"W-What did you sai-"
"Forget it..."
Then, Sayuri looked at the sides, confused and searching for something.
"Hm... Where is that kid?"
Amari slowly looked at the sides.
There was no sign of me.
"K-KAI!? WHERE ARE Y-"
"HELPPPPPP!!! AMARIII!!! I WAS CAUGHT!! BUAHHHHHH!!!"
They heard my screams from far away, so high that it made birds fly out of the trees.
"KAI?! W-WHAT HAPPENED!?"
Amari ran off towards the sound.
"H-Hey, wait for me!"
Sayuri went right after her.
After a short time, they reached were i was.
"H-HOW DID YOU GOT THERE!?"
Amari yelled at me.
I was hanging from a tree, upside down, with his feet attached to it by a rope.
"AUGH! I DON'T KNOW!! While we were running, i saw a rope on the ground... I wanted to know what that was, but the moment i put my foot on it, IT JUST GRABBED ME!!"
Amari was quite irritated.
"THAT WAS A OBVIOUSLY TRAP YOU IDIOT!!"
I was angry too. I couldn't get loose at all, I kept trying to grab the rope, tearing it, moving a lot.
"THIS THING NEVER LETS ME GO!! GET OUT OF ME YOU STUPID ROPE!! LET ME GOOOoooooooo..."
I suddenly stopped, looking at Amari and Sayuri with puppy dog eyes.
"Its your fault."
"I THOUGHT YOU WOULD ASK FOR HELP!! HOW ITS MY FAU-"
"Bium."
Sayuri said that, while aiming her staff at the rope around my legs.
A fine white beam came, and quickly cut the rope.
"AH! SWITCH THAT ATTACK NAME-"
I fell head first onto the ground.
"Augh... that hurt..."
Amari and Sayuri quickly went to my side.
Amari crossed her arms, rolling her eyes.
"Oh my, and you call yourself captain? Y-"
"Sayuri, thanks!"
I said looking at Sayuri with a serious face, ignoring Amari.
Sayuri looked a bit embarrassed, looking at the ground trying to hide her smile with the hat.
"I-It was nothing major, I just used basic magic-"
"Not that, that I could solve it myself-"
Amari quickly shouted.
"LIAR!"
I looked in Sayuri's face covered by her own hat.
I put my hands on my hips, saying out loud.
"And, welcome to Kai's crew!"
Sayuri took a shy peek at me, and then said, quietly embarrassed but trying to look "strong" or something.
"Y-Yes! G-Gladly!"
Amari smiled seeing Sayuri's cute reaction.
"He... I never agreed with that name tho!"
I looked at her, kinda confused.
"Hm well, we never choosed one so."
"We We also just met, we didn't have time to decide..."
"THATS MY POINT!"
Sayuri looked quite confused at us.
"Wait?! YOU HAVE ALSO ONLY MET EACH OTHER A SHORT TIME AGO!?"
We both nodded.
"Yeah, literally a few hours ago."
Sayuri was very suprised.
"W-WAIT, HOW IS YOUR TEAM LIKE?!"
Amari kept talking calmly.
"Hm well... We have no home, no food, no money... Were not even Suiciders."
Sayuri had a reality check.
"N-NOT EVEN SUICIDERS?!... I-I THOUGHT YOU WERE PRETTY STRONG!"
I smiled, stretching my arms and closing my fists, doing that famous position of showing off the arm muscles.
"I am!"
"NO YOU'RE NOT!!... But then uh, why did you think that way?"
Sayuri spoke very quickly.
"Everybody who challenges to a duel a wizard with a staff and accepts to fight from a distance, have to be very strong!!"
Amari giggled.
"Oh well, he's just an idiot."
"SHUT UP! I-I was distracted and uh... SHUCKS!"
Sayuri keep talking, very embarrassed.
"A-AND I THOUGHT THAT I JUST HAD LUCK TO WIN AGAINST YOU! B-BUT IT WAS... FAIR!?"
I also was blushed, this is an absolute humiliation.
"N-NO! I-I-I I STUMBLE AND-"
Amari simply placed her hand on my head, and forced me to lower it.
"... Y-Youre right..."
Said I.
A gust of wind blew past us as Amari let go of my head, and I slowly raised it, scratching my hair embarrassedly, not looking anyone in the eye.
Amari crossed her arms, looking at the side.
"So... What now, you're leaving?..."
Sayuri looked at us, and simply said.
"Uh? No, I was just really surprised."
Now we were suprised, looking at her in disbelief.
"R-Reall?-"
Sayuri kept talking, with a smile that she was trying to hide with a proud look.
"Yeah, i don't care at all, as long as I can have companions, it is enough for me."
I looked at Amari, she looked at me, we looked at Sayuri.
"B-"
She put her hand on her chin, looking up.
"It must be around 4 pm... You said you have no foodright? Do you want to go eat at the guild?"
I quickly shouted.
"YES YES!! OF COU-!"
Amari interrupted me.
"But we have no money..."
Sayuri said quietly.
"I can pay, the food there is very cheap-"
"LETS GOOO!!"
Before she could finish, I quickly started running towards the guild.
"THIS IS A RUN!! I WILL WIN!!!"
Amari widened her eyes, and quickly followed behind me.
"IM NOT GONNA LOOSE TO THAT IDIOT!"
Sayuri took a longer time to reason.
"W-WAIT FOR ME!! I-IM HOLDING A STAFF THIS DOESN'T COUNT!"
...
After some hours, we are at one table of the guild's cafetaria, with 2 plates in front of me and Amari. (My plate had considerably more food than hers.)
Amari suddenly said.
"Wait wait, before we eat... You're not gonna eat too? And, you sure this is ok?"
Sayuri was sitting in front of us, with a serious and rigid face.
"Don't worry, i already lunched... And uh, the food here is really cheap plus i have money so..."
"DAMN THIS STEAK IS DELICIOUS!!"
Amari slowly looked at me.
"HE'S ALREADY EATING!! YOU SHOULD AT LEAST SAY THANKS!"
"Oh..."
I gave Sayuri a thumbs up.
"Thanks."
And quickly return to eating.
Sayuri gave a proud smile, and made a thumbs up too.
"No problem!... Hey girl, are you sure you're only going to eat that? You can order more if you want..."
Amari sighed.
"Thanks but, to maintain this body, you can't eat too much..."
"Oh i see..."
Amari then, slowly cut a bit of fish, and put it in her mouth
She instantly wide opened her eyes.
"OH SHIT!! I FORGOT THAT I DON'T EAT GOOD FOOD MAKES A WEEK!! SORRY SAYURI, IM ASKING FOR MORE!!!"
Sayuri giggled seeing Amari quickly standing up and running to the counter.
So, there was only me and Sayuri on the table.
I stopped eating for a moment, looked at her, returned eating and then said.
"So uh, whats your name?"
"I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU MULTIPLE TIMES!!!"
Some time later, Amari was done eating.
"Ahhh, this was sooooo good... D-DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S ENOUGH?!"
I was still eating.
"Its just the 4th plate..."
Goddamn, I didn't have lunch today, can't I have lunch in peace?!
Amari sighed crossing her arms, then looked at Sayuri with a tired smile.
"He's gonna make you poor... So uh, Sayuri, i wanted to ask you somethings..."
"Go on."
"First, you're a Suicider right?"
Sayuri gave a glare at her.
"Of course i am! Thats how i make money."
"Ok ok... And uh, you're quite strong right?"
Sayuri put on hand on her chest, saying with all condifence she had.
"Of course! Because im gonna be the best wizard in the entire world!"
Amari nodded, crossing her legs.
"Ok ok... Then uh, to join us, you really had no choice, right? I mean, you're pretty strong so why did you decide to join a group like ours?"
Sayuri stopped looking proud, and looked down, with a somewhat sad expression.
"I've been in several groups before... several, many indeed, but the same thing always happens..."
She looked more and more sad, speaking softly.
"After some time, I always got kicked out of the group... No matter what I do, in the end they don't allow me to belong anymore... So, it kind of doesn't matter anymore if it's a group of weak or strong, it's all the same..."
"And, why were you expelled?"
Sayuri simply replied to Amari.
"You'll find out soon..."
Amari freezed for a second, and whispered on my hear.
"Hey Kai, she might be trouble... There's something she is not gonna tell us..."
I whispered back, more focused on the now fish.
"You think so?... so..."
I said out lout to Sayuri.
"Are you a bad person?"
She quickly replied.
"No of course."
I took a quick smile at Amari and return eating.
"She's good hehe."
Amari was speechless.
"T-Thats not how it works..."
Suddenly, Sayuri she stood up, standing in front of us, and said in a very... "strong" way.
"But promisse something! There's one thing that you will not be able to get in my way, you cannot become a dead weight for me, in my dream of becoming the GREATEST WIZARD IN THE WORLD!!!"
Hearing that, i abruptly stood up too, slamming my hands on the table and screaming with all my might as loud as I could, looking at her eyes.
"Of course i won't! Im gonna become stronger and stronger, because im gonna be THE EMPEROR OF THE WORLD!!!"
These words echoed throughout the guild, reaching the ears of everyone present.
Sayuri opened her mouth in suprise, but before she could react.
"HAHAHHAHAHAHA!!"
Everyone on the guild was laughing.
"EMPEROR OF THE WORLD?! THE SIX STAR MISSION?! HAHAHAHA!!"
Several words like that were said by the Suiciders around us.
"WHO HE THINK HE IS?!" "WAIT, ISN'T THAT GUY WHO IS NOT EVEN A SUICIDER YET?! AND HE WANTS TO BE THE EMPEROR OF THE WORLD?! HAHAHAHA"
I was a lot irritated hearing these words and the laughter of everyone around us, turning myself to leave the table.
"W-WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT!? COME HERE IF YOU REALLY HAVE GUTS YOU BASTARDS!!"
So, I left my table and went to pick a fight with everyone who was laughing at me.
So everyone i guess.
Insulting this dream is the same as insulting all my friends and everything I have lived.
Seeing me leaving the table, Amari tried to stop me but it was too late.
"No Kai wait!..."
Tried to hold my hand, but I had already gone.
She sighed, leaning back in her chair.
"Oh lord this kid...vTestosterone is up to date..."
She opened her eyes, and saw Sayuri with a smile of something of admiration, respect or confidence.
"Uh, whats wrong Sayuri?"
She adjusted her hat on her head.
"Nothing... It's just, who am I to judge him..."
Hearing that, Amari gave a happy smile to Sayuri.
Sayuri then scratched her hat.
"Wait so uh, and whats your goal?"
"Oh mine? Well uh, what Kai pretends to do with the Crown, also benefits me."
"Oh, what it is?"
I think Amari didn't mind telling Sayuri, but there was no way to explain it, or there was no point in complicating things.
So she just smirked and said.
"You'll find out soon..."
Sayuri quickly stood up again.
"I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT!"
"LOOKS WHO'S TALKING!!"