Will Always Be There

Ch. VI

"Good! Let's get out of the open" (Y/n) said as she grabbed both boys' hands and dragged them down, "I don't wish to see that
spider again any time soon!"

Dororo chuckled and whispered to Hyakkimaru, "One-san is terrified of spiders" Hyakkimaru turned his gaze to (Y/n), "she freezes up if she so much as sees a small one"

"Hey what are you whispering to him?" she asked

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When they got to the village, the guards gave them a Traveler's Pass each before they could walk in.

"What's with the pass into the village?" Dororo asked

"We have guards out to protect the villagers now" the guard said

"protect them from what?" (Y/n) asked, a bit scared of the answer

"there's a kidnapper in the village" the guard answered

"A kidnapper?"

"Yeah, our villagers keep disappearing almost nightly. That's what those watchtowers are for. You let us know if you see anything suspicious"

"Will do, thank you" (y/n) said as the trio walked on. After looking for a bit, they ended up deciding to stay at a temple. Not like they had any more money to spend for an inn.

"Hey, aniki, one-san" Dororo brought up, "I bet it's that spider monster kidnapping the villagers. Seems like a big problem to them. We could help them out. I bet there'd be a good reward, too"

"And I bet you hope this will get his mind off of what happened too, huh?" (Y/n) whispered to him

Dororo only starred up at the sky, not wanting to say anything. But he knew she was right. Hyakkimaru had been very unresponsive since the incident with Mio happened. At least more than usual.

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The next morning, they walked around the village. Looking around for any signs for that spider monster.

"No rice patties or fields" Dororo said and looked at his sister, "one-san, we might not find any food in the village"

"Yeah, you might right" she said as she held her stomach

After a while they made it to where there was a crows of people and noticed they were talking about something that was on a sign.

"What's going on?" (Y/n) wondered

"Hey, what does that sign say?" Dororo asked a man

"It says there's a reward for finding the kidnapper" the man replied, "not like it's helping any in finding the kidnapper"

Dororo looked at his sister with a smug look and laughed, "That reward is ours then!" he said

"What, you know who it might be?" the man asked

"After the reward too? I'd stay out of it if I were you. We're dealing with a monster here" Dororo said

"A monster?"

"Dororo! What are you saying!" (y/n) hissed lightly and pulled him away from the man, "What are you doing? Do you want to have these people panic?"

"Hmm? But aniki will take care of it before anyone else is hurt" Dororo said confidently

(y/n) sighed, "stop trying to make him do all the work before we even have a lead" she said and they started walking

"Ha, you just don't want to find it yet because you're scared" Dororo teased making his sister flinch

"T-that's not it at all!" she hissed as she grabbed Hyakkimaru's hand, "now let's go find something to eat!"

Hours later, they did not find anything to eat and they did not have any money either. So later tat night, they went back at the temple and sat on the stairs. Eating berried they found in the bushes around the village.