The mysterious land

Part 13 : The phœnix corps center !

After the guard opened that giant gate ... which allows to pass through the entrance to the city ... Maya's longing to see the members of her corps makes her rushing through it inward the city with a big vitality..

So the two started walking inside the city…

Koja was staring right and left at everything around him … and the looks he made mean that he was kind of impressed…

He is definitely the first member of the organization who saw what was inside that city … so how do not he feel surprised?

The architecture of these old shops ... as if they were traditional shops ... not only the shops ... but even the houses there ... but being a bit old does not mean they looked hideous or something like this...

Quite the opposite ... traditional places are always where ordinary people are satisfied with their simple lives…

living a life far from the noise of the special organization Is certainly what any inhabitant of the mysterious land wants…

And if we talk more about it ... if we want to know more about this city … maybe we can define it as city from the middle ages !

Some areas of the world are subject to strange magnetic fields ... Perhaps we can say that these magnetic fields are one of the strange things that have emerged with the mysterious land … for this the life in some areas has become somewhat backward...

“ Oh ! maya … how are you doing? “

With surprise:

“ Ah ! Marwan-san ! I’m doing well, how is the shop? “

After Maya crossed the pottery maker's shop ... the owner saluted her as he usually did...

“ The shop is doing so great ! and it's all thanks to you .... after the number of the customers decreased ... you wandered inside the city to sell the crockeries of my shop … now, and because of you ... everyone has become familiar with my shop and people started coming to my shop from all the parts of the city ! thank you so much ! “

Suddenly maya rubbed her hair ... as if she suddenly felt embarrassed ... yes, that was clear from her face that turned to red…

“ Hihi … you don’t have to thank me ! that’s my job as you know ! “

Then the two started walking again ... and every time they walked on a certain shop ... the owner salute maya … the library owner ... the grocery shop owner … the bakery owner … this girl is really famous in this city…

“ Hey there ! take this “

And after the two went over the fruit seller ... suddenly the seller threw a two big red apples over the two ... one for Maya and the other for koja..

“ Oh! Thank you for that … lushin-San “

Until they stopped walking again … after encountering a small bump on their way…

They were a two little children … little girl , and a little boy !

“ Maya ni-san ! did you bring us some candy as you used to do every time you back from the outside? “

“ Oh ! lulu and mimi ! C-Candy? “

Suddenly maya looked at the apple she was carrying … then she said:

“ Well, I have something else this time ! “

Then she gave the apple to the little girl …

Maya turned to koja quickly … the way she looked at him with … means that she was asking him to understand what he had to do at that moment…

And of course koja got it…

“ A-Ah “

Then he smiled talking to the little boy saying:

“ take this … it’s yours ! “

He said that after extending his arm towards the kid giving him the apple he got from the fruit seller … the boy felt a great joy … so he thanked koja for the little present..

Koja smiled again … he pet the head of the kid … then said:

“ you don’t have to thank me ! and…. You must do your best ! when you grow up you have to protect the people of this continent ! you must be a man, okey? “

“ of course! I will become a famous criminals hunter ... then I will protect everyone as the criminals hunters do ! “

Koja wasn’t so much happy after hearing the answer of the kid … so he turned to maya and said:

“ Do not be happy with this ... I told you beforehand that I would not change my view toward the criminals hunters “

“ hihi we will see ! anyways look there…. “

Koja raised his head up … looking at the thing maya pointed her finger in ! it was…..

A big building !

Like a big castle or something?

Yes, something like this, and it was kind of close from the two … and the more the two get closer ... the more Koja raised up his head ... trying to determine the top of that great building in the sight … to see that strange emblem that was above the building…

“ a phoenix? “ said koja

In vitality maya answered him:

“ Hai !! this is the center of the phoenix corps !! or rather……… our corps ! what do you think? “

“ It’s so big ! is this a center or a castle? It seems that your boss's taste is unique “

“ Desho? hih our boss is not stingy like you ... all that money and you live in a house as poor as that ! "

And with upset koja answered:

“ Ha? And why do I need something like this? – with a quit tone – I’m an agent not an emperor or something ! “

In those moments when the two was talking … koja's attention has been caught by that girl who was in the other of the pier … a girl with a red long and shiny hair ... and a very blue eyes ... These two characteristics were exactly proportional to that long body ... Yes, her face that was as bright as the moon is certainly proportional to her body which looked angelic…

And….

After the first look he gave to that girl…..

And after her eyes suddenly widened as if something was not right ... or maybe because he felt something deep inside him…..!

( Bakemono? )

Suddenly…

Everything became dark around koja … became dark? That how it looked like … but actually … that was for koja only…

And the only thing he could see was … that girl in front of him…

Koja didn’t feel well after meeting that girl from the other pier !

* Inhale … exhale *

“ What … was that? is it Just my….. imagination? “

After what happened ... Koja regained his senses quickly ... putting his hand in his face ! and wondering what just happened to him … something like this … inevitably did not happen to him before…

Is it because he met that girl? Or is it because he looked at that girl? Or does that even have a relation with that girl?

“ Hey beautiful ... What are you doing alone in a city like this? ... did not your mother warned you of the dangerous tigers roaming the city? "

Koja didn’t care about how pretty the girl was of course … and at the same time he didn’t look at her for no reason … something else attracted him to look at her … it was because of those bastards who were bullying her…

They looked like…

A gang of traders? yes, they are ... so they must have come from outside the city without a doubt…

“ where is the criminals hunters? Most of them are outside in missions right now , are these people a fools … so they do something terrible like this in a city of the criminals hunters? , They must be authorized traders from the outside ! “ said some citizens

After koja made that serious face … he rushed toward the girl … after moving his body on his own !

The traders gang noticed Koja approaching them ... and after their boss made a serious look … he said sarcastically:

“ Oh! Hey ni-chan … you got some problem with us? “

And with a smile koja answered:

“ Did you just say … tigers? All what I see here … a group of wild cats trying to bully a defenseless girl “

Suddenly…

And after the girl turned towards Koja ... her eyes widened too ... as if she did not believe what she saw…

Her reaction was … quit similar to koja’s reaction after seeing her !

The boss of the gang felt insulted of course by koja’s words … and of course, someone like him may rise up after hearing those words...

So he really did…

With anger tone … the boss said:

“ K-Kisama ! how dared to say that ... and who are you scum? I will cut your dirty tongue that…. let him to me boys … did you get it? "

With a laugh the boss’s followers answered:

“ hih ! the boss will kill him right now ! watch this … that young boy there well get kicked until death “

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If we talk about what maya was doing at that moment … that boka didn’t notice most of what was happening … especially after suddenly passing a large crowd of people in the road … so this covered what was happening on the other side of the road … so she started searching for koja like a crazy !

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And Suddenly … the boss rushed with his huge fat body toward koja … giving him a heavy punch on the face…

Koja didn’t even evaded it … it seems that he wanted to show to the boss how weak he is…

And yes … he was so weak that his punch did not move Koja's body from it’s place…

With surprise … the gang’s members said:

“ I-Impossible? The punch of the boss … didn’t even budge him ... this punch ... it was in the same level of the punch that defeated the boss of motorcycles gang… “

With a scary looks the boss said:

“ W-Who’s the heck are you? Monster “

With a smile:

“ Is that all what you can do? “

Then koja slapped the boss with a strong slap made him embedded with the wall…

Koja … maybe this time didn’t do this to help the girl !

Maybe this time … he just wanted to confirm what happened to him suddenly…

That girl … do I know her or something like this?

Why that sudden feeling then?

The feeling like … I know her very well? why felt nostalgic for something after seeing her?

All this…

Why all this happening to me?

These mysterious things that happen one by one ... What caused them and their relation with me?

Yes, those were the most of what koja was wondering at a moment like this ! from the facial expressions he was making, you can understand all those feelings that he has inside….

After the gang quickly escaped ... well of course ... not as if they would stay in their place after their leader was defeated quite badly…

Koja…

Quickly ... and without thinking ... turned towards the girl…

He wanted to know who is she … or maybe he just wanted to ask her that typical question !

Do I know you?

But unfortunately ... the girl had already left … she left without even thanking koja for what he did …

what made her leave quickly?

We don’t know … we still don’t know anything about that !

Suddenly…

Koja put his right hand in the middle of his chest…

“ Hey, Hey, give me some rest … What is going on now? that girl…… do I know her? “