The five men were settled in a nearby inn after nearly an hour of Eiri and Shuichi's verbal cat and mouse game. The inn they were staying at was less than impressing. It wasn't a disaster but the village was poor so they could not afford to have many workers to clean it. Bandits would always break in at night and steal from the rooms. Many of the people who stayed in the rooms were either homeless or sick. This inn housed mostly the people with no where to go, the sick, the old, and the orphan children. Also it was the only hotel in the entire village and many carpenters have tried to tear it down over the years; but the owner and the resident fought for this inn every time and won. However this would be the year that the carpenters would try to get rid of that inn once and for all. This year it did not matter to them if anyone was still living there or not, they were going to place a bomb in the building and said bomb would explode in a matter of hours.
"we need to save that space for bigger things, like prisons." the builder said.
Outside of the hotel, there were some builders waiting outside, it appeared that they were ready to tear down that place even if there were still people living in it.
"Today's the day boys." One of them said. "That old pile o dust is about to be blown sky high."
Meanwhile the group was separated into two rooms since there were only two rooms left in the building. Hiro, Suguru and Sakano all had one room while coincidently, the prince and his protector had another. The other three stayed in to relax while Eiri decided to take a day out to hopefully get some peace. No bandits, no forests no annoying arguments, just one day of tranquility. He wanted to spend that day out by himself.
But the pink haired rookie was not having it. He was given a mission to protect the prince at any cost.
While he was on his way to the village square, he noticed a certain pink haired samurai was right behind him. This time without his armor.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I thought maybe you wanted some company." Shuichi answered. Eiri was usually a loner and didn't like for people to tag along with him for any reason.
"No, thank you. Now go home."
"Oh no you don't." he said grabbing Eiri's arm. "Your father told me to stay with you at all times and that is what I'm gonna do."
"I can take care of myself!" the prince protested pulling away. He then walked faster only for his so-called protector to catch up to him. He knew how stubborn the rookie could be so he figured if it satisfied him he let him tag along.
"You can come just stay out of trouble." He agreed. Then they went into the village square to hopefully relax for the day. They saw some incredible street performances, went to the market to get some food for the inn. Then after that they went on a tour of the town in a carriage, while spending the day together they still fought but not as much as when the journey first began. They seemed to always fight but this just might have been the one day they could actually get along, maybe.
On their way back to the inn, it seemed like the two of them were beginning to get used to each other. Whether they were fighting or not.
"What made you wanna go out today, your highness?" Shuichi asked.
"I just thought maybe I'd get out today, without being attacked by bandits." He answered. then he questioned his companion.
"Why did you come with me? Don't you think I can take care of myself?"
Shuichi nodded his head then moved a little closer to the blond symbol of royalty.
"I know you're strong but I want to be here for you if you need help."
"So I'm helpless?"
"Uhh…uhh…no. of course not… I didn't say that!" he denied. Then he blushed slightly as the blond prince shot him a mean glare. A few feet away from the inn, they saw a group of builders standing away from it and the entire village was in a state of panic.
What's going on? Shuichi thought.
When the got of the carriage and saw the inn owner run to the builders in panic.
"Please spare this hotel, there are still people living in it." The woman begged.
"Not this time lady." He said pushing her on the ground. "I'm blowing this ol' pile o dust sky high and everyone in it!"
Wait a minute, shuichi thought. sakano, Hiro and suguru are still in there!
Shuichi ran into the hotel which was a ticking time bomb.
"Wait, SHUICHI!" Eiri shouted
But much to his dismay, shuichi kept running and was soon in the building. Attached to the inn was a detonator ready to go off at will. It wasn't long before Eiri went in after his sworn protector. Hopefully he would be able to talk some sense into the boy. This brat will be the death of me. He thought.
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