Brother Souta

Souta awoke the next day and reheated the porridge from the previous night before putting the lid back over the pot. He heard the sounds of labor from outside and peeked out to see the young men were almost finished.

"You two here is a little something for when you finish as I won't be here" said Souta handing the men some gold coins causing tears to spurt from their eyes

'Your such a wonderful person' thought the two in unison clutching the cold as if it would disappear.

Souta shook his head seeing the look in their eyes, it wasn't generosity he just didn't have anything of lower value.

Souta walked through the sect and was planning to get a chicken or a animal of similar nature so he could have eggs, but he ended finding himself confronted by those three disciples he had met on the road. He thought he was mistaken when he saw they were running in his direction but when he decided to ignore them they started running directly at him.

"Brother Souta" cried Nagini latching on to his arm and the other two hid behind him as they looked over his shoulders.

Souta then realized the cause of the situation, there was a pretty boy with what he figured to be body guards and some men who looked like yakuza rushing to his location.

"Oh brother Souta this is the man who is trying to steal me away from you my darling" said Nagini once the pretty boy was close enough, she completed the act by burying her face into his chest

Souta confirmed his thoughts and had decided he wasn't going to get involved so breaking himself from Nagini's grasp he proceeded to continue walking.

"Nagini this is the man you prefer, a coward who won't even put up a fight when his woman is being pursued by another" began the pretty boy until he saw Nagini smirk, turning he saw Souta had turned around.

"You want to try someth...." he didn't get to finish as Souta had disappeared from his sight and had clutched his throat.

"If I see you again you will die, let these men behind you be your example" said Souta as he moved his other hand when the bodyguards approached and they fell to the ground either clutching their neck or chest.

"Get the message" asked Souta dropping the pretty boy who was now sniveling at the sight before him.

'Nagini is into such a terrifying person' thought the young man before nodding his head and running for his life.

The men who looked like yakuza had witnessed this and stopped in their tracks, Souta turned towards them and they felt a chill.

"Do you have something you want" said Souta staring at these group of thugs like they were bugs.

"N-No" said the apparent leader as his group quickly went around Souta and the other three.

He grabbed Nagini by the arm and had her walk with him, if he was going to be forced to act the part then she was going to play the part. That was his feeling on the matter.

"B-Brother Souta he is gone now" said Nagini trying to get away

"Shut up, from now on this is how you walk with me woman" said Souta as he had Nagini holding onto his arm in a loving way.

"Y-you can't make me do this" said Nagini going red with embarrassment

Souta looked at her and quirked his brow.

"I can't?" questioned Souta reminding Nagini who this person was

"Brother Souta" cried Ginjuro with a look of thanks Liam standing not far behind nodding

He now had a better understanding of these guys now, they were trash individuals who acted refined outside the sect.

"Sister Nagini you were wise to capture Brother Souta while you could" said Liam hinting at her to keep to go with the flow.

Nagini was helpless for a second she thought these two would actually be trying to say something in her defense.

"What do you two want" asked Souta stopping

"We wanted to thank you for handling that situation for us and congratulate Sister Nagini" said Ginjuro

"We weren't aware that you two had become so close" said Liam smiling

"Neither did I" said Souta flatly

"Come woman" said Souta pulling Nagini along

While they left Liam and Ginjuro gained a twinkle in their eyes, they would need to spread the word about their good Brother Souta. With this thought they went to go hustle.

Nagini was cursing herself for having hopped into the arms of this monster in human skin, he was just the most convenient option at the time and now she was stuck as his personal arm accessory.

Souta paid no mind to this as he looked for his source of eggs, he had yet to see any stall that sold animals though.

"Woman where can I find a place that sells animals" asked Souta suddenly

"Uh I actually don't know either, I would try asking one of the meat vendors" said Nagini wondering why someone like Souta would want an animal.

'Maybe he wants a pet' thought Nagini with a smile

"You" said Souta calling out a meat vendor who was shaken by the cold look on his face and hesitantly pointed himself and upon seeing Souta nod he almost had a heart attack.

"Where can I buy live animals" asked Souta

"T-that is to s-say I happen to sell live animals b-but only certain ones" stuttered the man

"I need a animal that lays eggs" said Souta looking at the man with hope but this caused him feel even more fear, he scrambled to the back returned with a bird of some kind and shoved it in his arms.

"Are the eggs from this thing edible" asked Souta

The man nodded before running into the back again and not returning. Leaving a jewel on the counter of the stall Souta left having Nagini carry the bird in a basket he had taken. As it stood she had one arm hooked with his and the other carrying a basket creating quite the scene. People started to stare making Nagini want to hide her face and the only option was currently holding her hostage.

Souta was oblivious to the stares as he just wanted to get home and put this bird to work laying eggs, but they were soon blocked by a couple of people and on the ground were to clobbered fools that he somewhat recognized.

"Brother Souta" cried the two buffoons.

"So this is your mighty brother Souta, he don't look so tough" said one of them with his group snickering

"He ain't nothing but a pretty boy" said the other with his crew giving a derisive look

The other two didn't say anything but their eyes said enough, it was just unfortunate they had met someone like Souta.

'I have been dying to try this' thought Souta as he began inhaling and raised his hand to his mouth before clashing his rings and creating a spark as he blew out.

This usually insignificant distraction had become something else entirely with Souta's new body though and consumed the four men with intense heat. The power of his body gave his lung capacity a boost and when those muscles compressed it created something akin to a high powered jet stream forcing the fire to produce heat that was far more intense than what he was used to leaving these men screaming on the ground rolling around.

To the onlookers they hadn't noticed that Souta had sparked his rings together and thought he was just breathing fire, the crowd behind these men were also in shock well the ones who hadn't been caught up in the blaze.

Souta was shocked as well but hid it and acted as if it was all part of his plan.

"Come woman" said Souta putting on a look of superiority as he took Nagini by the arm once again and continued to his house where released his weird looking bird, he didn't care what it was called as long as it laid his eggs.

With his eggs acquired he went into his house and decided to add rice and extra meat to his porridge.

"Brother Souta are you asking me to eat with you" asked Nagini with a blush, she hadn't expected he would be trying to cook for her.

Souta froze, he had actually forgotten she was even there while he was watching his bird, but he had to act natural.

"S-sure, that is if you want" said Souta with surprise but Nagini had thought it to be something else entirely.

'He so shy in private, its cute' thought Nagini as she sat down and waited for the meal to finish while Souta was still trying to figure out how he had forgot she was there.