The mysterious land

part 8: conversation over the roof -last part-

With panic:

“ D-Destroyed? … I-Is it possible that you are talking about……! “

“ Yes, my origins belongs to the north of the forgotten continent … or rather … the one republic … the continent where that unknown explosion happened … my late master told me when I was in the military that I came from that place ... but I did not really discovered what happened there until years later … so before a four years from now … I started the researches … I wanted to know what happened there … if my origins backs to that place … so who brought me here? Why I don’t remember anything from my past? … and who gave me this weird name? I really wanted to know but … I didn’t find anything … I asked my acquaintance from the military and the organization for help to know what happened there so maybe I can regain my memories … and till now we did not find anything … all the cases have been closed for more than twenty years … this is my life how it is going after I joint the organization …. I serve the special organization ... and in my free time I look for the truth of my homeland “

Koja then pointed to the envelope he had hidden from Maya … then he continued saying:

“ and this envelope came from one of my acquaintances in the army … she informed me that … she did not find anything ! this is really suck ! this … this is really a shame … whatever who caused for the destruction that touched my homeland… I will be sure to find him and kill him and his family by my hands … I ... I'm supposed to be there living a quiet life instead of this continent that does not concern me ! ... for this … I must find the one who made my life a hell … then I will make him pay heavily “

“ but … how did you come from there and that place has been destroyed for more than fifty years? “

“ I … I don’t know … I still don’t know about that … but that strange feeling that has come to me lately ... the sense of belonging ... as if I were there before ... I want to know its truth … and that dark memory……. “

Suddenly koja remember that memory which he had in his dream….

But … it was with some details…

* Slow Orchestral *

“ you finally woke up … bakemono ! “

suddenly the young koja screamed a very loud scream … it looked so aggressive that made koja back to his senses !

He even pushed his head back ... as if he had been shot in the front of the head !

deep breaths…

*inhale … exhale … inhale … exhale *

“ dayjobu? “

“ A-Ah … it’s nothing ! “

After a silence … maya raised her hand high into the sky … and she smiled again … and with the reflection of the moonlight on her face, her eyes were brightened with the color of the honey ... and her face became as bright as the moon … that made her looks so cute … then she tried to hide the moon with her palm … as if she was playing the peek-a-boo with it.

Then she said:

“ Everyone in this continent ... belongs to another republic ... but the mysterious land remains the place where we built our memories … where we built our relations … isn’t it? It doesn’t matter if you do not have a name to get calle by others ... What matters is to sculpt your existence in their souls and hearts ... by serving and protecting them and spreading happiness in their hearts … and It doesn’t matter if you do not have a past that you have lived and buried in your depths ... What matters is that you live a present where there is a friends you can share your pain and joys with them ... a friends give you a reason to continue living … this is how … I see things around me “

“ A friends? T-This is weird … I never looked at my acquaintance as a friends … I never thought of them like that way before ... All that was in our minds me and the deadly characters after we moved to the organization ... is to serve this continent in secret … so we did not have a time to care about such things “

The silence fell in the place again … but this time Koja seems no longer disturbed by Maya as he was ... yes, he is not seeing her as a stalker as before … and this time … he broke the silence by himself when he said:

“ Ah … about the martial art that you were using during our fight … it seemed inspired by several martial arts ... and all of them looked Asian … when you were evading my gun’s shots … you were moving like a ninja or something like that … When we collided physically ... you were using a techniques similar to the Kung Fu techniques … even the way you were carrying that wood it was similar to the samurais … Judging by the features of your face ... you seem to be from the Polar Bear republic ... so the martial art you use must be a new Asian martial art … right? “

With wondering:

“ Hmm? Did you say that I’m from the polar bear republic? - with a smile - no no … actually I’m not … my origins belong to one of the independent republics … it’s japan … japan is my homeland … my grandfather was obsessed with this continent when it suddenly appeared .... he was a researcher in archeology .... so he wanted to discover this continent and explore it by himself … I had to move with him to the mysterious land after my parents died following a work accident … from that time my grandfather took the care of me until that moment arrived … the moment when he became very sick ... and he could not resist the disease ... so he died because of it ... I had to join the mysterious land military that time because I could not find anyone to take care of me ... "

Then she continued:

“ At that time I was greeted by a professional martial arts commander ... and he was also an Asian who did not see me as a stranger to him ... and he taught me this strange martial art that he invented by himself ... It is a martial art that combines a techniques from many other martial arts ... He named it ( koa ) my former Sensei wanted to unite the hearts of the peoples of the conflicting lands, from where the sun rises .... After suffering from the fires of war and racism among them ... This is why my sensei invented this martial art … just to unite the hearts of Asian fighters … hoho and I’m his first student … isn’t this cool? “

“Sō ka? You were in the mysterious land military “

With a bored tone:

“ H-He just ignored what I said ! Hmm? “

Suddenly koja turned his face to the other side and said with hesitantly:

“ A-Ah … I’m sorry … because I made you remember your past ! “

…

…!!

Maya's eyes widened for a moment...

As if she didn’t believe her ears what just heard…

as if she were perplexed ... or maybe….

because she did not expected a cold person like koja to have that side….

So … with a large and childish smile … maya answered:

“ daijobu ! … that happened before a long time ago ! and … if we talk about my past … the first thing I can remember is … those beautiful moments I spent in my homeland … When I was attending the hanami celebrations … when we were celebrating the beauty of the sakura flowers … I was a small child that time but … that makes me happy whenever I remember it … as if I still living there ! so thank you for reminding me of those memories “

Then Maya stood up ... continue saying:

“ I’m going down to my room … It became so cooooold here hufufu “

With panic:

“ NANI !? since when you had a room in my house? “

“ Hihi from the first moment I decided to take care of you ! Ah I forgot to tell you ! I will go to the neighboring town tomorrow for shopping ... the fridge is completely empty ... It was full this morning, I do not know where the food suddenly disappeared “

“ THIS IS BECAUSE YOU ARE A MACHINE EAT, AHO~~ and I will come with you … You don’t know the shopping malls that I started going to recently … and in top of that … I can’t let you alone in my house … because I still don’t know what…….. “

Interepted his words:

“ Honto !! Okey it’s decided … we will go together … I hope to find you awake in the early morning … “

“ A-Ah O-Oyasumi “

( That one who born without a name ... he must live in the hearts of people if he wants to get a name )