THE JOURNEY

Akira helped Takeshi as they walked carefully towards their so called 'safe place' but to their surprise their safe place did not looked the same anymore, the house which they had spent days recovering was once again tarnished, the exterior of the house was covered with writings done with spray can's which pronounced 'Go back to hell!', 'Kill yourself you devils', 'Outcasts' etc. such writings made Akira uncomfortable but to Takeshi it was something to ignore, "Hey Akira, lets get inside first and help me treat my wounds", Takeshi said as he took a glance of his wounds, "Huh, yeah sure lets get in", Akira answered as she opened the entrance door. They sighed in relieve as the interior was not harmed, after Akira took care of Takeshi's wounds, "I wonder what will happen if we open the invitation card, will it lead us to some place safer or...", Takeshi pondered as he looked at the shining stars formed in the sky outside the window, "No matter where we end up, always remember that I will protect you at all cost even if I end getting kil...", before Akira could finish her sentence Takeshi covered her mouth with his rough patchy hands, "I will gladly let you protect me but please don't die on me", Takeshi said with concern in his eyes.

"Uh..Uh okay! just how long will cover my mouth for Taku?", Akira replied in a flustered way, "Hahahaha sorry sorry, well the nights long so lets take some rest shall we?", Takeshi asked her as he happily laughed. Both slept peacefully until a shower of stones targeted the house making both of them awake in panic, *smash* "They trying to attack us! Run Takeshi!", Akira screamed in terror as they both tried to escape the house but they were not alone, as they ran down the stairs, loud banging were heard at the door which made them even more scared, *crush* the door broke in half allowing the ones outside to target them with more rocks eventually a big rock landed on Akira's head due to which she faint, "A..Aki...Akira!! you damned beasts why are you doing this to us, what have we done to you?", Takeshi raged in anger as he held Akira by his hands with blood trembling down Akira's forehead.

The house was soon put on fire, Takeshi watched his house getting burned in horror but in those last moments he saw the Invitation card laying flat on the floor, "Th..The invitation... The invitation!", Takeshi said as he quickly reached for the invitation card, as he took it in his hands he ran towards Akira and, "I will end this suffering once and for all, Akira I promise you", Takeshi whispered as he held her tight in his arms and shouted the magical word, "Eleventos!", and suddenly the skies roared, a huge golden ray covered Takeshi and Akira and before the flames could envelope them, both of them vanished. The house crumbled down as the outsiders were blinded by the huge golden aura which came into the house, at one point they were confused but they rubbed it off their shoulders and went away.

Although Takeshi managed to escape the near death situation which he and Akira were going to experience, Takeshi held Akira in his arms and saw that the injuries of Akira slowly faded away. Takeshi knew that they will soon be at a peaceful place where their new journey will begin.

To be Continued...