-Vol 3: Enemies in The dark-

-Their Past(2)-

“Hya!!” shouting at the top of his lungs, a young man of age around 19 years swung his sword to behead a zombie. He had expected his sword to cleanly pass through the zombie’s neck; but unfortunately, it didn’t!

The sword, on the contrary, stuck on its neck. He tried to pull it out, but it didn’t even budge.

“Common!!” shouting in frustration, he abandoned his sword and ran back. These zombies were very dangerous as they come in groups and every part of their body was poisonous.

“Haha! Kid, swing your sword with a little more power. Your strikes are like a little girl’s. Even my grandma can swing harder than you.” A boisterous voice boomed behind the young man, mocking him with the worst way possible.

“Boss, his swings are even worse than a little girl’s. Look how his sword got stuck on its neck!”

“Such a weak hold! He would better stop being a hunter.”

Like this, a group of middle-aged men mocked the guy as he was running all over the place from the zombies.

“Eyaaa…you shitty old men over there; stop laughing while standing in a corner, and help me here!” The youth shouted loudly as he ran all over the place. His loud shout had attracted even more zombies, prompting them to run after him.

“Haha…look at that brat! He didn’t even know that shouting only attracts these monsters” another one mocked while laughing hard.

The young man could only grind his teeth in anger at this, but he didn’t dare to stop. These zombies were very dangerous, stopping means dying.

“You shitty old men!!” The youth could only grind his teeth in anger and run around, making several promises in his heart to take his revenge on them later.

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“Here; this is your share, take it.” a burly middle-aged man said as he handed a few gold coins to the youth.

“Boss, give him a few more extra for being funny all the time…hahaha.” A man laughed hard while pointing his finger at the red-faced youth. Following him, the other middle-aged men also laughed.

“I didn’t want to be funny!! And you old men, stop laughing at me all the time.” the youth shouted while flailing his hands around. He was beyond pissed at these middle-aged men who were seemingly getting off from his misfortune.

“Huh…what will you do if we don’t huh!? Run around?? Hahaha…” again another round of laughter followed after that.

“Grrr…one day I will see you all…” the youth threatened them with murderous eyes, then with a snort he turned around and fled the place.

“Hahaha…” but the laughter didn’t stop even after he left the place.

“What an interesting kid!” the boss commented while staring a hurriedly escaping youth.

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The youth, after escaping those old men, started walking slowly on the streets of Mito. His eyes scanned all around, taking in the scenery of his surroundings. Then he pulled his hoodie above his head and continued his walk.

There were too many thoughts in his head.

“Oomph!!” suddenly a voice was heard from his front. The youth was pulled from his memory lane and looked at the source of the voice. It was from a girl who was currently on the ground, collecting her stuff. It seems, he had collided with her accidentally while walking with his face down.

He immediately leaned down and started helping the girl collecting her stuff.

“I am sorry. I wasn’t aware of the surroundings.” He apologized to the girl and continued to help her.

“It's okay. And thank you for helping me.” the girl said smilingly while allowing the youth to help her out. The moment the youth saw her face, he couldn’t help but become absentminded for a few seconds.

Such a beauty!

“No..no need to thank me. It’s my fault in the first place.” The youth regained his bearings after a few seconds and said with an apologetic face. He began wondering about this beautiful girl. As a frequent visitor of this street, he had never seen her here.

Her long luscious black hair, her oval face, her black eyes, everything about her was gorgeous to the youth. After a few seconds, he had finished gathering her stuff and handed them over to the girl.

“Once again, I am sorry for the trouble,” the youth said with a smile.

“It’s of no trouble at all. You have even helped me gathering my stuff. I think we are even now.” The girl smiled and said.

“Thank you! If you don’t mind me asking, are you new to this place?”

“How do you know? Yes, I am new to this place. I have just moved in.” the girl was surprised at first but answered none the less, though she was a little guarded against him.

“No, I am frequent around here, but I have never seen you before today so I asked, I am sorry if it had offended you.” The youth said while scratching his head.

“No…I am not offended at all, I was just surprised for a second there.” the girl shook her head and said with a smile. Then she stared at youth for some time before her eyes landed on the sword on his back.

“You must be a hunter, what is your level?” the lady asked with shining eyes. She seemed to have an exceptional interest towards hunters.

“Ahem!! I am just a low leveled hunter.” the youth coughed embarrassingly and said while avoiding her eye contact.

“Ah! I am sorry for asking.” Realizing her mistake, she immediately apologized. But in her heart, she developed a good feeling for the youth for his honesty. If it was any other guy, he would have surely bragged and lied about his level.

“Nah, It’s okay. I will grow stronger as the time goes, no shame in admitting my weakness.” The youth said with a passionate look on his face. By doing so, he had unintentionally gained a few points in his favor with the girl.

“Good luck with that. I am Yuki, nice to meet you.” The girl said while extending her hand towards the youth. He became a bit absent minded at her snow white hands. His heart started to pound loudly at this. It was the first time he was going to hold hands with a girl that’s not his family.

He stared at the face of the girl who was looking expectantly toward’s him.

“Hmm!?” she looked puzzled at his odd behavior.

‘CUTE!!’ the youth shouted to the heavens inside his heart after seeing her cute action. Extending his shaky hands, he clasped her snow-white palm and started shaking it. The soft and tender feeling of her hands gave a new kind of feeling to the youth.

Suppressing his inner turmoil, he forced out a smile and said: “I am Kenshin, nice to meet you too!”

It was the first time Kenshin and Yuki met.