Fearless

Chapter 28

A woman with Crimson hair let out a laugh as she watched the snow from the tree she was sitting on fell onto a man with silver-gray hair.

"Aliyah!" He exclaimed, looking up at the tree branch, his red eyes meeting her golden eyes as he looked up at her with annoyed expression.

"That's what you get for being so slow, Shiro." Aliyah said, jumping down onto the ground, her landing barely leaving an imprint in the snow. "Damn, you move at the same pace as an old man."

After getting the snow off of him, he scowled, "Who're you callin' old man?"

"Hm? I never called you an old man, I just said you move like one. But, with that reaction you're practically confirming you're one" She said, tapping the sword she had in her hand on her shoulder lightly. "Now come on, we don't have all day to get that sword you've been looking for. And we don't want to make the higher ups more annoyed than they already are."

Shiro sighed, "I'm coming. Don't go running ahead there's a lot of demons- Aliyah?" He looked in front of him, seeing that Aliyah had already run on ahead. "That damned woman. I swear, she might be the death of me one day, that is if she doesn't die first from her own recklessness."

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A giant bird like beast falling from the sky was the last thing everyone expected, much less a beast falling from the sky with a man kicking it down and pointing a gun at it, that and a woman running out from the forest, sword in hands as she let out a battle cry as she jumped up into the air to meet the creature as it was falling. Upon impact the snow underneath rose up and surrounded them.

"Damn it, that hurt!" He grunted.

"Hey, riding that guy into the air was your idea." Aliyah said, "And you call me reckless."

Shiro ignored her, and just sighed, placing his hands on his hips "What's the deal with this mountain? The damn thing's crawling with monsters! That bastard Mephisto and his half-assed briefings! I came here totally unequipped. And I'm all outta ammo." He threw his gun down and Aliyah looked up at him with a sly grin.

"Another reason swords are better than guns." She said.

"Oh shut it." He muttered, then looked down at the men standing on the ground below them, All of them holding weapons in a defensive stance.

"We were in the middle of a ritual, and you ruined it! Come down from there!" One of them men called out.

"Oh, right... about this." He crouched down and picked up a sword that had fallen onto the belly of the demon and rested it on his shoulder, "This is called the Koma Sword, right? I'm gonna take it."

Aliyah looked from the priests to Shiro, seeing that he had a serious look on his face.

"What are you saying? That sword is Myoda's main object of worship!" The man in the middle of the group shouted— the only one who was unarmed.

"See, they get the importance of swords." Aliyah mused earning a glare from Shiro.

"Quit yapping! I know, chrome-dome!" He looked at the sword, the corners of his mouth curved upwards, "Anyway, the thing's empty, right?"

Aliyah looked at the sword, not feeling any energy coming off of it. As far as she was aware, the sword was completely empty.