Chapter 7: Endless rain sonata. Part II (An Interlude)

The week went by quickly, but the rain hasn't as of yet... It has been raining for a week in Neo Tokyo, some parts of the outskirts of the city have been flooded mildly, but that haven't stopped anybody to keep on with their busy lives.

-"Oyyyyyy this rain is cramping my style..." said Joe fixing his hair under the comfort and protection of his umbrella.

-"Joe man I swear, you complain one more time and I'll throw away your phone..." Yevgeny said looking at the time on his watch while they waited for the crossing light to change in Shibuya.

-"(fake gasp) You wouldn't dare..." Joe said jokingly protecting his phone.

-"Oh don't tempt me..." Yevgeny said looking around as they walked to the other side of the street.

-"Where is the kid? he is late...again." Joe said sighing in frustration.

-"Maybe he got eaten by the ATM machine...like last time" Yevgeny chuckled

-"Dude, he has got to learn to use those things...at what time is the movie?"

-"20 minutes from now..."


In another part of town, Nessa swung her dagger back and forth, training with spirits in the cemetery.

-"Nice...can you do any better tho?" the spirit said dodging a slice of the dagger.

-"Sure...I'm just getting warmed up!" she said with a smile, wiping the rain from her face with her shirt.

Charles Daniel watched from a nearby tombstone with some other spirits with a smile on his face. He suddenly looked to his side to find Aleksandr walking toward him fighting a little with an umbrella, Charles chuckled at this and turned his eyes toward Nessa again. Aleksandr watched near Charles Daniel as Nessa fought the spirit, Charles smiled as he saw Aleksandr look over Nessa.

-"Ne, Nessa dear! you've got a visitor!" Charles yelled laughing a little. Nessa turned around and fell dodging a mock attack from the spirit. Aleksandr went to help her stand up again and Charles laughed heartily.

-"Very funny Charles! (she then looked at Aleksandr) thank you" she said blushing lightly as she stood up.

-"Charles is here?" Aleksandr asked with a smile.

-"Yeah, he helps with the spirits for me to train...what are you doing here?" she said arranging her drenched clothes.

-"Well I figured, since I got off my responsabilities early, that you were here so I came on by..." He said with a smile.

-"Ne, we may ask his opinion on your arm swing with that dagger, his wushu is amazing..." Charles said from his tombstone laughing a little. Nessa glared at him.

-"What is Charles up to?" Aleksandr said smiling.

-"He wants to know your opinion on my training..." Nessa said blushing looking at Charles with a glare. Aleksandr chuckled.

-"You need to see more than to act recklessly...specially with a weapon..."

-"See? and u call me crazy, death hasn't affected my appreciations!" Charles said waving his hand in the air happily as he returned to his previous sitting place.


Richard smoked while reading a book in cafe near the Kobayashi Building, Harry's. He was reading a horror storybook, those of the like of Stephen King or Richard Preston, from time to time he looked through the windowed walls of the cafe and watched the rain pour onto the streets.

He sighed, nor happy nor sad, he just sighed and inhaled a bit of his cigarette, Harry's was the only cafe in town that allowed him to smoke inside the premises.

Witold came in the cafe and waved in salute toward the owner that sat on the bar, he approached Richard and lifted an eyebrow at his choice of reading.

-"Research?" Witold asked laughing a little.

-"Maybe, who knows?" Richard answered with a smile and motioned him to sit down.

-"Seems peaceful ne?" Witold said looking through the windows.

-"Yup...a bit weird since it has been raining for days now, but peaceful indeed...kinda makes me hopeful even..." Richard said not taking his eyes off the book, turning the page.

-"About getting a definite break on the 'wars'?"

-"Yes...no activity has been read these days, I'm starting to think the rain has got something to do with it."

-"Washing the battlefield before the big one..."

-"Could be" Richard said lifting his eyes off the book for a moment to ask the nearest waiter to bring some coffee to the table.

-"Aleksandr hasn't told you anything on the matter?" the waiter server coffee for two and quikly left.

-"No...nothing relevant, so that is why I'm not worried this time around. I suppose we are being left in bigger hands this time...don't you think?"

-"Chance, you say?"

-"Ney, God..."

-"The rain stopped..."Witold said absentminded

-"God indeed..." Richard said sipping his coffee looking through the windows with a smile.


-End of Chapter & Interlude -