Chapter 621 ( Friction )

"So, how much longer are we going to wait?" - Shea asked while frowning.

"About 30 more minutes, if they don't show up, then we'll leave" - Cloud replied calmly.

A new one had arrived, and by now Cloud and the others were getting ready so they could continue their journey. They were at the entrance of the city, waiting for their two new companions after sending them a message a few hours ago.

"We've waited more than enough, if they didn't show up earlier, it's obvious they don't want to come with us" - Yue replied with a frown because she wasn't very happy with the idea of two other girls, who were obviously interested in her husband, joining their trip. It was more than enough with Shea, and the perverted dragoness.

"Are we going home, daddy?" - Myu asked hopefully because no matter how much fun she was having with Cloud and the others, she actually missed her mother.

"Yes, you'll get to see your mom soon" - smiled Cloud as he stroked the little girl's hair.

"Thank you, daddy!" - Myu exclaimed with a huge smile - "We can finally be a happy family!"

Cloud's expression froze when he heard this before he laughed to hide how uncomfortable he was.

"Dad?" - Myu asked with concern as she noticed the blond's expression.

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about some things" - smiled Cloud as he stroked the little girl's head.

Myu smiled slightly, though any could tell that the little girl was a bit worried.

"Cloud, I think you should be honest with her, after all, she will suffer when she finds out the truth" - said Yue softly when she saw that the little girl went to play with Shea.

"I know" - Cloud replied as he closed his eyes - "It's just that I want her to be happy until that time comes, it's better for her to stay ignorant and enjoy what's left of the trip. When the time comes, I'll become the bad guy in the story so she'll hate me enough that she won't want to see me."

"Cloud, she touched your heart, I've seen you smile when she's by your side" - Yue said as she shook her head - "It's obvious that you love her like a daughter, though I don't quite understand why."

Cloud didn't answer, though it wasn't as if he never took the stance of a father figure, after all, Shio and Sapphire followed him around at all times, except when they were enjoying the island. Literally, those two were like chicks behind their mother, learning everything he could teach them when he wasn't busy training or doing other things.

"I don't know either" - Cloud replied calmly - "Maybe it's instinctive?"

"Hmm, it's possible" - Tio replied as she cocked her head to the side - "We dragon-blooded creatures train our young until they are powerful enough to be able to survive, and we don't care how long it takes to accomplish this."

"Well, there's your answer" - Cloud said as he shrugged his shoulders.

Yue narrowed her eyes because it was obvious that the blond wasn't telling the whole truth.

"Ok, I think we've waited too long already" - Cloud said as he shook his head - "We're leaving."

"Hai!" - exclaimed the girls as they prepared to get into the vehicle.

Cloud was about to get in, when he felt something strange, something like a small flash of black magic.

"Cloud?" - Yue asked as she looked at the blond.

"Wait a second, I'll be back in a second" - Cloud answered as he went to the place he had felt the pulsation of dark magic.

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"You shouldn't have appeared in front of us, Hiyama" - Shizuku said with hostility as she looked at the boy who had once been her classmate, the same one who had betrayed them.

"I'm glad to see you too, Yaegashi" - replied Daisuke sarcastically - "But I didn't come here for you, but for Shirasaki."

"Don't even think about it, you bastard" - growled Shizuku as she took her katana - "I'm not going to let you touch Kaori"

"That's not your decision, Yaegashi" - said Daisuke as a second silhouette appeared behind the girls - "Right, Eri?"

"Don't call me by my name, Hiyama" - Eri growled as she looked at the two girls, especially Kaori, whom she sincerely wanted to kill because she didn't like their orders.

"As you wish, Nakamura" - replied Daisuke sarcastically - "You know what we have to do."

"Yes, you don't have to repeat it" - Eri replied with a frown.

"Why did you betray us, Eri-san?" - Shizuku asked with a frown.

"For the same reason I did" - replied Daisuke with disdain - "She wanted someone, but he was interested in another girl".

"Just because of that?" - Kaori asked with disgust.

"Surely that must be easy for you to say, after all, you were always surrounded by attention" - replied Eri with disgust as she looked at Kaori - "Well, it doesn't matter anymore, when we're done with you, I won't have to worry anymore."

Shizuku indicated Kaori to move behind her as she fought - "What do you mean?"

"That it's time for me to get my pay" - Daisuke replied as he let out a dark laugh.

Kaori shivered when she heard this because it was obvious what the boy was trying to say. She had noticed the constant looks Daisuke had been sending her all these months, and she had ignored for different reasons, but now that he had betrayed them and appeared in front of them, it was obvious what was going to happen.

"Don't even think about it, you're not going to touch a single hair of Kaori's" - Shizuku growled neutrally, only to feel a shiver when she felt something cold touch her legs - "!"

"Quite the idiot not to prepare for my abilities" - Eri said neutrally as she watched her opponent sink to the ground thanks to the skeletons she was controlling.

Shizuku let out a sharp cry of surprise and fear as Eri glared at her neutrally.

"Good job, Nakamura, now if you allow me, I'm going to do what I've wanted to do for months" - Daisuke said as he let out a laugh.

Eri frowned when she saw this as she clicked her tongue because she didn't like the idea of having to work with a person like Daisuke, not only because of what he had done to her beloved Kouki-kun, but because of the way he was so repellent.

"Tell me, Shirasaki, do you want Yaegashi to watch us do it, or do you want me to die so I don't have to watch you sink into a pleasure spiral?" - Daisuke asked as he walked over to Kaori, who was pointing her staff at him - "Really, you, the girl who doesn't have any offensive attacks, want to fight me?"

Kaori gritted her teeth as she began to say a long incantation.

"End your games once and for all, we need to get out of here, now" - Eri said with a frown as she prepared to order her skeletons to kill Shizuku, but before she could do anything else, she saw something fly a few inches away from her body - "W-what was that?"

"It was me" - Cloud said neutrally as he appeared behind the girl and put a knife to her neck.

Eri remained silent because she didn't expect this intervention, but her expression changed when she saw how Daisuke fell to the ground inert while a pool of blood started to surround his head - "That attack."

"Yeah, it wasn't for you, it was for this bastard" - Cloud replied in a cold voice as he brought his knife dangerously close to the girl's skin - "Now, give me just one reason not to kill you too"

"Because if you do, I'm going to use my ultimate dark magic to kill Yaegashi, and I'm sure you won't wish for that to happen" - Eri replied as she tried to calm down.

Cloud frowned when he heard this.

"By the way, how did you get here so fast?" - Eri asked after calming down enough to be able to look into the blond's red eyes - "The distance between here and the exit of the city, it's too far to get there in just a few minutes."

"Talent" - Cloud replied while completely ignoring the girl's question - "Release Shizuku and I'll let you go."

"Sure, I release her and then you kill me, I'm not that stupid, Cloud Strife" - Eri replied with disdain - "That's how we'll do things, you'll let me go, and I'll release Yaegashi when she's safe"

"Sure, and give you the chance to kill her when you're safe" - Cloud said while narrowing his eyes - "I'm not an idiot either, Eri Nakamura."

"From what I see, I don't think we can reach a middle ground, I guess we'll have to kill each other, too bad" - Eri said as she prepared to order her skeletons to kill Shizuku, but her concentration disappeared when she felt the knife lightly penetrate her neck.

"You think I'm like the others?" - Cloud asked as he narrowed his eyes - "That I can't kill you just because you were my classmate? Did you by any chance not see what I did to Hiyama?"

Eri was silent as she felt her blood running down her neck to her breasts.

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