Heart of Duty Vol 1 Chapter 5

Hang on everyone; I'll get you out of there! Those thoughts entered the young warrior's mind as he ran into the building hoping to rescue his endangered friends. He could feel his cowardly nature slipping away, the person he once was had begun to fade into oblivion. Shuichi's biggest fear was that someone would attack him while he was in the hotel or that the hotel would explode and they would all die. But for the sake of the people he loved, he knew that he had to put that aside and help them, Even if it meant possibly getting killed.

Prince Eiri was hoping to catch up to him and talk some sense into this idiot. Also, something in his heart told him not to let anything happen to him. He may not acknowledge it, but there was a part of him that cared for Shuichi. He felt as if he had to do something to help him out. While in the building, Eiri used his psychic abilities to try to find out where the bomb was so he could deactivate it. Many of the villagers thought that they were fools to go into the hotel with a bomb ready to explode, but many others hoped that everyone got out safely.

"Blow the place!" one of the builders said.

"But what about the other people in there, boss?" another one asked.

"Fuck the people! Do as I say and blow that hunk of junk to pieces!" he shouted.

"Wait, don't do it!" a villager cried. "You'll kill so many innocent people."

The leader pushed him to the ground. "Get lost!" his actions caused a riot outside of the inn. The villagers began to revolt and they got into a fight with the villagers.



Meanwhile Shuichi got to Hiro, Suguru and Sakano's room. The three men were stunned to see their companion sweating and out of breath.

"You have *huff* to get *huff* out of here, NOW *huff*!" He managed to breathe out.

Sakano and Hiro looked at each other. Slight confusion entered their minds.

"Why," Hiro asked. "what's going on?"

Shuichi managed to catch his breath before warning them of the danger.

"Some builders are planning to blow up the hotel and I came here to get you and everyone else here out."

Once the others heard the news about the danger all the other residents were in, they decided it would be a good time to help their new friend get everyone out while the place was still in one piece.

"We'll help you save them." Suguru said. And the four of them went to every room in the inn to get all of the sick and old people as well as the orphans out of the death trap that they were unsuspectingly trapped in. it wasn't long before news of the builder's plans spread throughout the place and it was clearing out fast. The prince had found the bomb but it looked very complicated to diffuse. It was shaped like a perfect sphere, and there was no lit fuse visible. It seemed like it was nearly impossible to deactivate the bomb. But then he thought of something, maybe there was not a visible fuse because the fuse was hidden within the spear. He had no time now, he got the bomb he just had to find everyone else and get out of this place before anyone lost their lives. Little did he know that the inn was completely empty and Shuichi and the others already made it out. But while out they realized that the prince was no where in sight.

"Shuichi! You can't go back in there!" Sakano shouted. "What if you end up trapped?"

"If the prince gets killed in an explosion the king will have my head, literally! Now let me go!" he shouted back trying to pull away from them. Try as he might he was unable to break free from the grasp of all three of his friends.

"Do you guys really hate him that much?" he asked. They didn't respond. The pink haired samurai tried to pull himself away again and was successful for a minute but then the other three got hold of him again. Your highness, please get out safely.

"Well, that junky building's clear so let's finish this job!" The leader of the builders said.

"Sure thing, you got it boss." The other's agreed.



The next thing they know everyone in the village sees someone running as fast as he can out of the hotel. He was out of the building but was not far enough away to avoid the upcoming explosion. Shuichi finally pulled away from his friends in an effort to save the prince. Even though he was already out of the building, he wanted Eiri as far away from the in as possible. As the blond prince was running out, he saw a hand reaching for him. And then he saw the face that belonged to that hand. Without thought, he reached for said hand and was guided away from the hotel. Not too long after, the inn was blown to pieces. Luckily no one was hurt. But the old and the poor now have no where to stay.

"Now what?" a villager asked. "The inn's gone. What are we gonna do?"

"What you can do right now is wait until we build a new one." The builder answered.

"You mean to tell us that you blew up this hotel so you could build a new one in it's place?" the group of travelers asked.

"That's right!"

*drop* "AUGH!"



Sunset approached and they were forced to camp out again. It seemed like the adventures would never end. But with all the events of the day, it was finally time to wind down, as much as they could wind down anyway.

"Why did you run in there?" Shuichi asked. "You could have been killed."

"I'm not the only one who did that, brat." Eiri remarked. "But it's any of your concern I was trying help you."

The rookie warrior began to feel some sort of relief, at least until a blow was delivered to his crown. He confronted the prince while holding his aching head.

"Why'd you do that for!"

"Don't ever do anything that dumb again you understand me?" Eiri said. "if anything happens to you I'll be in trouble you know that?"

"I guess." He said.

Eiri then paused for a moment. This wasn't the same bumbling samurai that he met in the castle a few weeks ago. In all the time he has been alive, Eiri wasn't used to anything like this. Plus, his feelings about Shuichi were starting to change. Especially after earlier.

"Why did you help me today?" he asked. And don't tell me it's just your job."

"Well, it is. But I didn't help you just because I had to. It was *blush* because I wanted to." His face became an even deeper shade of red. "So, are we friends now?"

"Yeah, we are." Eiri said. We are friends. But why do I feel like this. With those thoughts, the blond prince fell into dreamland. Before Shuichi could fall asleep as well, he found himself taunted by his three companions.

"I saw that." Hiro said.

"Saw what?" he asked defensively. They all gathered around him. Getting ready to tease him.

"We saw how you were looking at him, Shu. You like him." Sakano teased.

"I do not! I mean I do but not like that!"

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