#Cheruu#
“Gale! GALE!!” Why the heck wasn’t he listening to me?! “Gale, we don’t have time for this!”
He looked back to me, holding up with difficulty the Gijinka we had just found. No doubt a kadabra, though his was bleeding so much I could barely tell.
“I-I’m FINE!” The guy repeated. He was dragged easily because of his injuries, but Gale was gentle about it.
“WE NEED A DOCTOR HERE!” Gale shouted again and again.
I was growing impenitent, but I fallowed him nonetheless. BB kept trying to convince me this was a good thing but in a harsh tone I shouted at her, “Just shut up, BB!”
Ivax reacted immediately with an angry retort, but I ignored him, too.
“Gale,” I said as I caught up. “He doesn’t want our help.”
“But he needs it!”
“Well I--”
I stopped mid-sentence as the guy we had found began to cough, drops of blood coming from his mouth. Not enough to be alarmed, but enough to know he needed help.
“DOCTOR!” We raced down the hallways, meeting a few people who said they didn’t know where this guy named “Zaishi” was.
“What happened to you?” I asked the guy.
“None of your business.” He breathed, an arm over both me and Gale’s shoulders now.
I glared. “At least your name then, buddy.”
He glared back. “Badrak.”
We walked in silence then, only the sound of Gale’s shouting and Badrak’s coughs filled it up. Not even Ivax and BB chattered.
“Cheruu?” Gale said and I looked over.
“What is it?”
“Is that him?”
I looked up in time to see someone hanging out by himself in the kitchen, eating an apple and staring off out the window. He had white hair streaked with red, wore a tight white shirt and feirce red eyes.
“They said he was a zangoose Gijinka!” Gale said excitedly. He tried to pull us faster towards the guy, but I growled irritably, “Gale, he’s hurt! Have some patience, will ya?”
He blushed. “Sorry~” Then He shouted to the guy, “Are you the doctor? Zaishi?”
He took one look then said, “Sure am. And looks like you need one.”
“Yes!”
Badrak coughed again, this time more blood escaped his throat. Zaishi’s eyes widened at the sight and quickly he dropped his apple and sprinted to us. As soon as he was in front of Badrak, all traces of a man who was just lounging around in a kitchen like a regular guy were gone. I could tell that he knew what he was doing.
I backed off and immediately Gale saw me and asked, “Where are you going, Cheruu?”
“I need to find the leader.” I tired to get away faster, but he stopped me again.
“Badrak needs--”
“And you’re great at that, Gale. Both you and Ivax are good at looking after other people, like for me and BB. But it’s not for me. I really appreciated you wanting to be my friend…” I sighed. “But if Badrak needs someone it has to be you--I can’t be that person anymore.” I closed my eyes, exasperated. “I need to look after myself.”
Zaishi, oblivious to the conversation, said seriously, “Gale right? Hey I need you to help me get him up to the infirmary. I need a few fix-ups to do and it can’t be done here.”
“A-Alright,” He said.
“Good, grab his arm--There you go.”
As soon as it was done, Gale looked to me.
‘Come on, kid--Help this guy out.’ Ivax’s thoughts ran through my head and Gale nodded in agreement.
I sighed. “We part ways after this.” And I took Bardaks’ other arm. “I can’t pass off as a caring guy anymore, it hurts too much….But thank you anyway.”
Gale nodded.
“He’s gonna go unconscious. We have to move.” Zaishi cut in.
We headed out.
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Geez Cheruu, such a downer :( and augh this passage was really annoying for some reason, I think I made Cheruu and little too much of a huge part (I guess he just wants a room already just to hide in there as a hermit)… But Gale’s such a sweetheart! :D As to why Badrak is in a bad mood--wouldn’t YOU be? OAO
Featured in this passage are: Cheruu, Gale, Badrak, and Zaishi
-#Cheruu#
