Drink to forget

"The leader?" I asked.

"Dude, literally you have been doing nothing but asking questions. no wonder the last 3 chapters sounded like an info dump," said Haai

"What? I have to. We don't want to explain the mechanics during fight scenes, you want another Goku vs Frieza dumbass,"

"Oh! does that make you Goku the certified idiot?"

"HUH! then that makes you Yamcha useless and dumb."

"Yamcha? who's that?" 

the author did Yamcha dirty.

"We are here, kid," said Jiraiya while opening a door.

"I am taller than you Jiraiya." I said with a poker face.

"You want me to cut you short stupid iguana," Said Jiraiya menacingly.

"For god's sake get along for once." Said the man standing behind the door.

It's the leader they are talking about, Jugem was his name. What a weird name. Hopefully, he does not have runny diarrhea. He is pretty huge and has an amazing beard. 

"Heya Ruri, I heard our Haai took great care of you," Said Jugem with a sarcastic tone.

"I know aren't I the greatest, old man Jugem!" said Haai cheerfully.

SPLAT

Jugem karate chops  Haai's head.

"I don't remember praising you for stabbing an innocent person's abdomen." Said Jugem.

"Sorry about that Ruri, our idiot caused you a lot of trouble." Said Jugem while smiling at me.

"Yea that's right sorry, kid," Said Jiraiya while kicking the unconscious Haai.

Oi, you are just taking your spite out on unconscious Haai, now.

"Sorry boy, our Yamcha- I mean Haai caused you trouble." Said Lisa while kicking Haai.

You just called him Yamcha. You straight-up called Haai a Yamcha.

"Heh." Said Suzie as she joins the Haai kicking session.

She did not even apologize, leave Yamcha alone.

"Ruri, you can stay here as long as you want. We will have a party, to celebrate your lengthy recovery." Said jugem.

"Lengthy? how long was I unconscious?" I asked

"About 3 days." Said Suzie.

What! that is how long it took the lazy idiot to write a chapter.

"Let's drink!" exclaimed Lisa.

We get to the dining hall and start eating. At first, I thought they didn't get along but now I look at it they are just a big happy family. They all have that same optimistic smile.

"Oi partner! What do you think? This is the Jugem family's party." Said Haai excitedly. 

"It is nice Yamcha," I said.

"H-A-A-I is my name."

"My bad Haai," I said while chuckling.

"I told old man Jugem, that you were injured. He watched over you, all three days while you were unconscious."

"And you watched him watch me worrywart Haai?"

"Huh? I never said that," said Haai while turning red.

"But you did,"

"Regardless, I wanted to say that old man is a good guy. He took me in during the war. I was recruited at a young age. Due to my spirit animal, and was trained to kill. During that time it was old man jugem who showed me kindness and taught me how to cherish things. He showed kindness to a killer like me."

"Ruri boy, you wanna drink the night away with me. I will help you forget all about your past," said Lisa while jumping on me.

"HUH?" I exclaimed 

"look at you. Drunk already. Don't even think about it partner, she is the snake spirit. Your Ruri's little shogun won't survive. Unless you wanna be limp the rest of your life,"

"Oh I see," said Lisa who is visibly angry.

Lisa's legs transform into a large snake's tail. She coils around Haai and drops him on the ground.

"Shut up limp shark, I'm forcing you to drink 99% alcohol until you pass out," said Lisa while dragging him to the party table.

"Help me! Mr.Ruri, HELP ME!" said Haai with a posh accent.

I turned around and sip my drink. I did not see a thing.

Time passes, everyone gets drunk. Nearly everyone passes out on and around the table. I didn't drink a lot because I still have a stabbed liver thanks to Haai.

"Ruri, come here let's talk," said Jugem.

"Oh, you have not passed out yet?" I asked Jugem.

"Ah, Suzie told me not to drink a lot at my age. These kids are now taking care of me,"

"I think that's probably because you are so nice to them,"

"Yea. So Ruri about that mark on your forearm. That purple eye is the mark of a loyal Harbinger officer. Do you know anything about it?"

Upon a closer look, I do have a mark on my forearm.

"I don't, I tried so hard but I can't remember a thing aside from my name,"

"Harbinger is an organization, they meddle in all kinds of dirty work for funding. Their leader is a crazy guy who says that 'he is the savior of the people,' even tho all he does is murder anyone who defies him and his stupid prophecy."

"So I used to be an evil person,"

"Ruri, you may have been an evil person in your past. But your past does not define who you are now. Look,"

He lifts his sleeve and shows a huge burn scar.

"What! your forearm has a huge burn scar, did I do that to you?"

"Nope, I used to be a Harbinger officer long ago, I have done much worse things than you, I am as evil as it gets."

"No, you are wrong Jugem, I know you are not an evil person. You watched over me when I was unconscious, you knew about the mark on my forearm. You protected me all those times so no one came to kill an evil harbinger officer. Everyone probably saw my forearm mark. still, they treated me kindly. I am sure that's because you showed them your kindness,"

That idiot Haai was also watching over me. They all knew about my forearm mark, yet they treated me so nicely.

"Jeez, you are just like your dad,"

"My dad?"

"Oh forget that, Say Ruri you wanna join the Noble Thieves under me?"

I never expected him to ask me that. I don't remember what kind of person I was before my memories. Despite that, I couldn't deny his request, especially when he has that obnoxiously optimistic smile on his face.

"Yes sir!" I exclaimed.