The Playful Eagle 6: I am… Part 2

W-What do I do?? Doggy kept barking, louder and louder.

"STUPID KOJI" the bad guy with the gun said and kicked the dog, but not powerfully.

"Do you know this dog, Toudou?" the guy behind the shadows asked.

"Y-Yes boss.. He was my old dog I left behind in the streets" the bad guy said in a disappointed voice.

"If you left him behind, kill him" the person behind the shadows said.

"W-What?!" The bad guy with the gun said.

I kept panting, I don't know what to do.

"AND WHAT ABOUT THE KID!?" he continued.

"We want him, that's what the boss wants" the guy behind the shadows said.

K-Koji is the name of the dog..

"Koji!" I said.

The dog looked behind me, his tail was barely moving.

"Don't do th-" I said before I got cut off by a gunshot.

I almost jumped.

Then, Koji ran up and bit the guy with the gun. Koji didn't say anything, but it was a sign.

"STUPID FUCK, GET OFF OF ME!" the guy with the gun growled.

He was fighting away Koji. Why, why, why..

Why can't I defend Koji? I kept asking that to myself, almost where I started sobbing.

I ran away, it was what Koji wanted. Keep running, it's what I have to do.

I got away, but what I heard was a gunshot, and a dog screaming. If only I was stronger.

"If only I-" I whispered to myself while I fell down.

I bumped into something, someone! It was a kid, he was the same age as me.

"Why are you running?" he asked.

He was standing in front of me.

"Huh.. ?" I replied.

"You heard the question, or are you dounce" he said with a smile.

"I-I uh, I-" I said before I got cut off.

"Don't worry, I won't force you, haha!" he said and laughed.

He put out his hand for me, I grabbed it and got up.

"B-But wh-" I said before I got cut off again.

"I helped you, because you are a friend!" he said.

"Friend?" I asked.

"Stupid! We're the same age, we'll be friends in no time!" he continued.

I kept looking at him. He had straight but not too long black hair, black and white clothes, and he didn't look dirty, like me.

"But I.. Aren't I dirty?" I asked.

"S-T-U-P-I-D! I'll help you!" he said with a smile.

"Oh.." I said quietly.

I didn't know what to react, no one has ever treated me like this.

"What is your name, I have to call you something instead of friend!" He asked.

"Uh.. My name is Tengan, what is yours?" I answered and asked.

"Kento! My name is Kento" he answered.

He put out my arm towards me, I was confused.

"No shaking hands? That's okay, first off I need to help you!" he said.

"H-how?" I asked.

"Hmph, quit asking questions and I'll help you in no time!" he said.

I did what he asked me to, I kept quiet, all I cared about was him helping me. I kept following him, he kept walking and walking. Most of the places we walked by I knew, at least to the point where I could tell I had been there.

"We're here!" Kento said while he was standing in front of a small apartment, however I haven't been here before.

"Is.. this where you live?" I asked while whispering.

"Yeah! Here are a lot of people here who will help you!" he said and started walking into the apartment.

Quickly I followed him, it was a weird, almost stinky place. We went up the stairs, only 2 floors.

"Welcome, Tengan!" he said and opened the door.

From the outside I could hear talking, or maybe was it yelling? As soon as Kento opened the door everyone got quiet.

"Kento, did you get him?" an old teenager said.

"Shh, he doesn't know, act like family" Kento said.

Family? W-What is this place? There must be 15, no even more people in here, all boys. There were even men sitting on the couch. Drinks everywhere, disgusting smell.

"Why do you look worried, Tengan, we'll take care of you!" Kento said with a smile.

I looked at him, my chest had such a weird feeling to it, as if my heart was telling me something.

"Who.. Who are these guys?!" I asked.

Everyone laughed, quite literally everyone except me. I was scared, beyond scared, what have I gotten myself into?!

"You're so silly, if you help us.. We'll help you! This is your family Tengan!" Kento said.

I don't know what to call this expression, I have never felt like this before in my life. It's not fear, but almost is. Not anger, not sadness. It's all three, combined!

Kento was pulling something out of his jacket that he was wearing. He handed me a..

..Gun. A real gun, something I have never seen so close. My eyes widened even more.

"You help us" he began and handed me the gun.

"We help you" he finished and pointed at everyone behind him.

I pushed away the gun.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I shouted.

He looked surprised. I looked around, everyone else was surprised. I was going to go out, I turned myself to the door, but someone was already standing there.

"Tengan.. You don't understand.." Kento said quietly.

I turned to him.

"IT'S YOU WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND" I shouted at him.

My hands were wrapped around his throat. When I noticed that, I put them away.

It got quiet when I was quiet. Everyone were beyond surprised.

"Kento, he'll understand soon, give him time!" an elderly man said who was sitting in the couch.

It was weird. The men were sitting in the couch, in the living room I assume to the right of the entrance, while the teenagers were sitting in the kitchen, to the left of the entrance.

"That's.. Right" Kento said.

I looked at Kento again, he was angry, but it was almost unnoticeable.

"You're stuck here with us, Tengan, for all your life!" he said and laughed.

Slowly everyone laughed with him. What's happening to me?