Fearless

Chapter 34

Once everyone was gone, Bon stepped towards the Mamushi and Juzo, the two of them remained kneeling on the ground.

"Mamushi!" He called.

"M-Master Ryuji!"

"Your eye, I'll get the doc!"

"I-I'm sorry. He's alone, the master's alone! Save him!"

Despite his unchanging expression, Kiara knew Bon was scared for his dad— not just because of the fear rolling of of him, but by the tightening of his fists and the slight tense of his shoulders.

"Don't worry, Bon. I'll get her to the infirmary." Juzo said, picking up Mamushi bridal style and standing up.

"Then what, you goin'?" Bon asked.

"Of corse, I'll head up as soon as I got her settled, as for you and your pals you'd better head back to the inn for now." He turned and looked at Konekomaru and Shima, a mix of anger and absolute seriousness on his face. "Keep him safe. Anything happens to him, you're dead! Got it, Renzo, Koneko?!"

Shima raised a hand dismissively as Koneko looked like he could deteriorate from a single touch, "Yeah, we got it. He's safe with us."

Juzo nodded, then looked towards Kiara, "Hoshino, I'm trusting you with Bon's safety as well."

That's probably not the best idea, but alright. Kaira said, just giving him a small nod— though she had no clue why he was trusting her to keep Bon safe. He barely knew her. She wasn't able to ask any questions since he had already walked away, leaving the group standing in the doorway.

"Well, there's nothing we can do you guys. You heard what my bro said. We have to go back to the inn." Shima said.

"Are you gonna give up just like that, Pinkie?" Kiara asked, sending a glare towards Shima.

"Yo, you guys!" Someone called out and Kiara looked down the hall to see Shura walking up to them with a familiar sword and a stack of ponchos in her hands. "Come here for a second. I've got something for ya."

"Ma'am, how's Rin?" Sheimi asked.

"The top brass heard about his flare up, and they just sentenced him to death."

Around her, Kiara felt everyone's fear spike up at the news.

"That's an order from the Vatican, and it can't be overturned by anyone. Anycrap," she held out Rin's sword towards Bon, "Here you go Suguro. I'm trusting you with this thing."

"Kurikara." Bon muttered as he took it.

"Oh, and here's a letter your dad wrote to Rin. It says we're going to need his power to destroy the Impure King. Rin did say he's down to fight. But first he's gonna need you to bust him out. The only way he'll get a pardon now is if he does something big and heroic." She dropped the ponchos she was holding on the ground in front of the group. "Here, these are Camo pouches, put 'em on and you'll be invisible. You can walk right up to his cell and no one's gonna notice you're there."

"Miss Kirigakure, time to go!" A man shouted, poking his head from around the corner.

"Okay!" Shura called back, then turned to look back at the group, "As you see, the order's got me on a tight leash, so I gotta behave. You have to figure it out from here, I'm countin' on you." With that Shura turned and walked down the hall, leaving the group to stand quietly for a second before Bon took the letter out of the envelope and started reading it.

Once he was done, he looked up and towards the group. Kiara watched as Sheimi bent down and grabbed one of the ponchos, a look of determination on her face.