"Ryjuk"
"Eh?" The man enveloped in red looked to his black haired, possible apprentice
"That's what I said, Ryuk" Subaru replied in a blank tone
"Wait are you serious?" The red head paused for a second
"Y-you don't like it?" Subaru stuttered for a second, had he just screwed up?
Reid paused in reply, that name… could it be…
"DAMN IT" Reid burst out an exasperated yell
Subaru was confused by the sudden let out of emotions only to-
"IT'S SUPER DAMN COOL, I knew it, just like Flugel, you've got taste" The previous sword bearer let out his praises
Subaru taken back by the red heads mood shifts, could only stare at the man before bringing him to question a few things.
"Flugel, Taste, wait- How'd you even know the meaning behind Ryjuk, as far as I know this is a completely different world?!"
Reid looked back to Subaru and smirked, "Omee there are many things that I know, the meaning of Ryjuk one of them, after all, even after four-hundred years I wouldn't forget my favorite death-note character"
"EH?!" Subaru was in shock by the revelation "Wait, you know manga?!"
"Of course, Omee, only one of those books Flugel brought that I liked" The red head announced proudly
"No freakin way" This was just too much for Subaru too handle, caught completely in the moment the raven-haired youth once again forgot to ask for details, proceeding arrogantly
"So Omee, with naming this sword after a God of death, what da ya want from it?" Reid now becoming the lead of the conversation
"Want from it, what do you mean by that" Subaru asked blankly, a tiny bit anxious
"Want from it… as in, y'know, abilities" Reid looked back to Subaru
"Wait I get to choose?!" The boy yelled out in surprise
"Well, I can't grant you unlimited power… I can make Omee pretty da mn tough!" The man in red announced
Subaru, excited regardless let his head spin a bit, "This is the best day of my life!"
"This is the worst day of my life"
An exhausted Otto let out as he was vigorously questioned by the knight in front of him
Since afternoon broke, Otto had been locked up, confined to a tiny interrogation room at the local guard station. Apparently, he was a suspicious figure as he accompanied the "bastard" boy who stole the sword of Okusnai. The room itself was… unpleasant. It was dark, stiffy, and had moss growing in its right corner, with the only other details being the large oak table in front of him and the centuries old door to the guards back.
"I'll ask you once again, where is he?" A guard cladded in grey armor, with purple under cloth asked the exhausted merchant in a stern tone
"How many times do I have to tell you, I don't know!" Otto roared in frustration
"But you do know him right!" The prosecutor let out in a bold tone
"I've known him for a day, that's it, were acquaintances by chance, nothing else" The grey-haired merchant let out sheepishly
"But who's to trust you, you yourself are a foreigner, who's to say you're not lying?" The knight proceeded
"I swear I would nev-"
"Say that too the judge Lugnigan-" But before the guard could finish his racially motivated message he was interrupted from behind the door
"That's quite enough Gurgan, I'll handle things from here on"
The large, old, door creaked open to reveal a demi-human, no shorter then 6"1". He was a wolf man, long black fur clad, a purple kimono, and worst of all he was three times, if not five, more times intimidating then the previous knight. This guy looked like he could easily kill Otto.
The beast-man, dismissing the knight known as Gurgan walked up and sat down in a relaxed posture to the empty chair in front of him, the black-furred beast-man lost any hint of malice.
"Y'know, I thought the kid was a bit of a nut, but to pull something like that off, seems like we got a real intrestin' situation on our hands"
"So let me get this straight, you housed a total stranger, who claimed he was some fated hero, who pulled off an action even the previous sword saint could not achieve?"
"That's the gist of it kid, never meant anyone trouble, and he seemed to be a genuine guy" The demi-human, Halibel let out as his hands reached the back of his head
"What's wrong with this world" Otto blurted out has he laid his head into his head into his arms on the table in front
"Its going to be a while, but until Su-San is found, you're never going to be in the clear" The Beast man noted to Otto in a serious tone
"Wait, for real?!" Otto let out as he raised to put his hands on the table, "I don't have the patience for "never" I have a business to run, people to sell too! I can't be here forever!" The merchant let out with raising emotion
"Never said it was going to be forever, just said you might be here for a few nights, till they can satisfy the council, but in saying that, we could find a few workarounds" Halibel replied calmly, his arms folded
"Workarounds?" Otto titled his head
"Yeah, for example, you could work and sell under supervision of the guard, of course you wouldn't be allowed to leave the city, but at least you could make a living" Halibel seemed to have a plan already set, Otto could note he was a genuinely good guy.
"Alright, that sounds better… but there's no guarantee, right?" Otto proceeded warily
"well kid, as luck would have it, you've gotten a certain demi-human with quite the bit of political power on your side" Halibel smirked
Otto paused for a second, considering what the beastman had just said, "wait, you'd be willing to go that far for me?"
"Of course" The demi-human replied, "Any friend of Su-San is a friend of mine"
"Hey, hey, come look at this, Mimi found something reaaaal interesting"
"Huh? Wait Mimi, don't run off like that, what are you-"
It had been several hours, the two of the three triplets had found nothing, not even a hint or clue, Tivey had begun to think it pointless. Even if the guy supposedly stood out, there was hundreds of people in this city, how were they supposed to find one insignificant man? But to Tivey's surprise before the two demi-human siblings lay a motionless man, his hair was rough, his eyes, mean, his clothes strange, but even stranger than that, was the ominous black sheathed blade in the boys left hand.
"Mimi, what is this?" The small orange haired cat-boy asked in sister in confusion
"A guy!" Mimi replied in an upbeat tone, just like her brother she had long orange hair, and wore white robes
"A guy? Mimi, did you do this?" Her brother asked in sheer concern
"Of course not! How could Tivey think Mimi would be this capable?" the small demi-human girl proceeded to giggle
"Mimi, I'm serious, what if this guys danger-" The demi-human then came to inspect the man further
"Black hair, mean eyes, and weird clothing- WAIT! MIMI! I think we found the guy!" Tivey announced in surprise
"Waaaait, seriously?! Mimi must be a genius then! Mimi knew she was smart!" The girl proclaimed in a childish but confident tone, she began to walk around, acting as if she owned the world
Tivey shook his head, "I can't believe it… The entire city's looking for this guy and he's just casually laying around? Talk about Sloth, if I we're him I'd-" But the boy was cut off
Inhaling deeply, the strangely dressed man rose quickly and sharply
"Ehy?!" Tivey bounced back quickly, to his side his sister looked in astonishment
The man looked around, a confused expression on his face, "Where, when, huh?" he seemed just about as taken back as the two siblings in front of him
The Siblings couldn't help but stare, he was odd. To Tivey's note, there was seemingly nothing remarkable about the guy, maybe aside from his mean eyes, the ominous black sword in his left hand.
The man raised his right hand to his head, as if remembering something, he then looked to the ground and then his surroundings, quickly turning to face the two siblings in front of him, he paused. The siblings could only pause back as they two were utterly taken by the current situation.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"So…" The mean-eyed man was the first to break the silence
"Is this still… Okusnai?"
"Y-yeah" Tivey replied sheepishly as his sister hid behind him, watching wearily
The man- no boy, paused to look at his feet once again before growing the largest smile on his face.
"This day, it just couldn't get better!" The boy raised his fist to the air and begun to laugh, both the twins remained shocked, was he crazy?
The raven-haired boy calmed himself a bit and turned his gaze once again towards the twin, "Sorry about the lousy introduction, names Natsuki Subaru, and I'm going to be this worlds hero!" The man pointed his thumb to his finger and then struck a pose even Mimi would consider bizarre.
"EH?!" Tivey was shocked, hero? What, since when? Was this guy nuts, but as Tivey looked over to his sister, he realized she had been captivated by the man's sudden charisma
"Wait Wait, you're going to be a hero, did Mimi hear that right" The cat-girl asked with stars in her eyes
"That's right, Mimi did hear that right!" The boy laughed as he relaxed, keeping only his thumb to his heart
"No way, then… Can Mimi be you're first fan!" The catboy's sibling was just as crazy as the lunatic in front of them!
"Of course, I promise to never forget you as-" But the black-haired boy was interrupted
"HOLD UP!" Tivey yelled, getting in between his sister, and the bizarre man, raising his hands to further divide the two
"Listen Mimi, we don't even know who this guy is, for all we know he could be some crazy witch-cultist, and as for you" The orange-haired boy turned to point at the self-proclaimed hero, "You're to come with us for questioning!" Tivey finally demanded.
"Questioning?" The mean-eyed boy tilted his head
"That's rig-right!" Tivey followed up, loosing confidence
"But I never did anything wrong?" The raven-haired man persisted
"We know that but-"
"but what?"
"uhhh" The boy froze in place, just why was this guy wanted again, only order they got was from Ricardo "be on the lookout for this guy, parrently he's stronger then he looks"
"Ah I see" Subaru smirked proudly
"You see what?" Tivey asked, taking a step back
"you're tryna impress someone!" The strangely dressed boy announced in a matter-of-fact tone
"Wha-what? O-of course not, where did you get that from?" Tivey replied once more sheepishly
The boy laughed once more, "It's alright, I get it, but thing is I can't exactly get arrested during my second day in this country, it would ruin my reputation" the boy explained calmly
"Getting arrested wont ruin you're reputation" Tivey put his hands to his waist
"Course it will, what hero is a former convict?" The black-haired boy looked once more at the siblings in front of him
"So then mister, why'd you take the blade if you don't want to be a criminal?" Tivey proceeded with his questionnaire
"Wait is there some sort of crime for touching a sword?! Man did I need to be a knight or something? Laws in another world are harsh!" Mimi began to slowly laugh at the raven-haired boys' antics, but Tivey had remained on guard
"Listen, I don't know who wants me, or why they would? I'm just a simple man with big dreams, that's all, so tell your boss or something I'm not too interested in going to jail!" The boy waved his hand, looking to the side
"But mister, you can't just take something that's not yours and get away with it!" Tivey shouted, as he thought up his last argument
"I don't know kid, the previous owner of the sword was cool with it, so I don't really see a problem?" The raven-haired teen replied blankly to Tivey's last resort
Tivey let out a sigh and shook his head
The boy once more looked at the siblings in front of him, "Don't worry I'm not a bad guy, I'm going to save this world after all!" The boy smiled, for some reason that led Tivey's eyes to light up
Save the world, be a hero? This guy didn't seem bad, he was a bit funny too, just maybe he was being honest
The boy began to walk away, much to the catboy's disarray
"So you're not a bad guy!" Tivey yelled out
"Not at all" The boy rose his left hand as sword was sheathed, slightly turning from his back with a smile on his face, "I was chosen by the first Sword Saint himself after all!"
And to that the boy with the midnight-colored blade disappeared into the night