Chapter - 1
"Hey kid, wake up! Are you alright?" A girl asked, gently patting the cheeks of a kid who lay on the ground, seemingly unconscious.
"Is he even alive?" The black-haired boy beside the girl asked.
"Just leave him be. We need to head back to the village before sunset," Another boy with spiky silver hair walked out of the bushes after scouting and said.
"You guys, how can you be so heartless?" The girls reprimanded the boys.
"Yeah, we need to think of the boy," the black-haired boy supported the girl.
"Whatever," the other boy said, showing a lack of interest.
"Uhhmm..." The kid groaned.
"Look, he is awake," the black-haired boy said, bringing their attention to the kid.
Opening his eyes, the boy no more than five looked around and found himself in an unfamiliar surrounding with three pairs of eyes staring right at him. Afraid of the three people in front of him, the kid involuntarily swung his arm before retreating until his back was against a tree.
"What the fuck is wrong with you, kid? The black-haired boy, with one hand on his cheek, roared at the kid. He was hit by the arm the boy swung.
The other boy snickered while the girl smacked the black-haired boy when she saw tears forming in the kid's eyes.
"You numbskull, how can you yell at such a cute boy?" The girl asked, then she walked up to the kid and squatted down in front of him, "Little guy, we are not the bad guys, and we are going to help you," the girl said with a smile which made the kid's heart at ease.
"Like the bad guys will come saying, 'Oh, hello, we are the bad guys, here to kidnap you,' " the silver-haired boy commented.
"Humph..." The girl ignored the silver-haired boy's comments and continued, "What is your name, little guy? Where are your parents? What are you doing here in the middle of nowhere?" The girl bombarded the kid with questions.
"Hey, one question at a time. He won't even understand what you are talking about." The silver-haired boy said.
"Can he even speak? Or hear? He looks kind of dumb to me, "The black-haired boy said.
"I hate to say this, but for the first time, I agree with him," The silver-haired boy said.
"Will the both of you shut up?" The girl had it enough. She looked at the teary-eyed kid and pulled him in her embrace, "It will be alright. Take your time. I will be here with you." The kid feeling the softness of her bosom snuggled even more.
"Hey kid, what are you doing? Let her go this instant," The black-haired boy was pulling his hair in frustration. He never got the chance to hug the girl, and here this kid took no more than fifteen minutes to snuggle in her bosom.
The kid looked at the boy in disdain before looking away.
"You..."
"Enough," the girl glared at the boy, making him shut up. Then she began to pat the kid.
"We don't have time for this..." The silver-haired boy finally said, but he was also cut short by the girl.
"Shhsssh..." The girl gestured for them to stop talking. The kid in her arms had fallen asleep.
"We should take him to the village and let the elders decide," the girl said softly.
"No outsider is allowed in the village. We don't know about his origins," The silver-haired boy said, and the other boy nodded.
"Are you even listening to yourself? How can a mere kid no more than four or five be any harm to the village? Even if he brings harm to the village, we have more than enough people to stop him," the girl argued. The black-haired guy nodded, hearing her.
"What if he is a part of some elaborate plan? We are at war right now. We can't be more cautious," the silver-haired boy argued back. The black-haired boy nodded again, agreeing with him.
"I don't care. I am bringing the kid with me, and that's final," the girl declared, "And will you stop agreeing to everything." She rebuked the black-haired boy.
The girl did not wait for the boys to reply, and with the kid in her embrace, started running in a particular direction. The boys could only follow behind her.
The three of them were running towards their village at high speed, but they hardly made a noise. The kid in the girl's embrace slept soundly with one arm around her neck and his other hand clutching her clothes just above her breast, which got him deadly glares from the boy with black hair.
It took them some hours of running before they finally stood in front of a large gate. All throughout the journey, the black-haired boy was cursing the kid.
"I will take him to the hospital," the girls said.
The boys nodded, "We will submit the mission report." And the boys vanished in thin air.
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"Umm..."
"You are finally awake,"
Blinking his eyes, the kid found himself lying in a bed surrounded by white walls and the girl from earlier sitting beside him.
The girl helped him sit and poured him a glass of water.
"You never told me your name. How should I call you? I can't call you little kid all the time," peeling the apple, the girl asked.
The kid stayed silent. The girl waited for a while with the apple in her hand before she placed it on her bedside and stood up to leave.
"Rick," the boy finally opened his mouth when the girl was at the door, "My name is Monkey D. Rick."
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