The Legendary F Rank

Haru chuckled to himself. He was excited. He knew he wasn't alone in the world. All thought this man wasn't really the first cultivator he met he was the only one who saw how strong he was. The first cultivator he had met was the man in the store, when he went to buy herbs for for pill refining. And then there was the man who had blown himself up whilst trying to refine a pill but other than those brief interactions this was one of the few times, he had met another cultivator.

He looked back at Jake. "Oh, it was nothing. He just sensed that I was also a cultivator." He then looked to Reina who still looked to be nervous. She wasn't quite all there yet. Haru walked up behind her and put his hand on her shoulder. "Boo!" He shouted next to her ear. She jumped and gasped at the same time. "What the fuck!? You idiot. You nearly gave me a heart attack." Her mind was now off what had just happened. She seemed to be doing fine.

Jake looked over at Haru with a confused expression as he winked back at him. He thought for a few moments and then he seemed to catch on to what Haru meant. Haru went and sat back down as Jake walked over to Reina. "Are you okay? I'm sorry that must have been pretty scary right?" He tried to comfort her.

She looked at him for a few seconds before a tear slowly rolled down her cheek. Reina began crying suddenly. Jake didn't know what to do he stood there helplessly trying to talk her out of it. Reina didn't say anything she just stood there and cried until she stumbled toward Jake and put her arms around him "I'm sorry you have to see me like this. I'm an embarrassment." She cried into his shoulder.

Jake then finally accepted his responsibility of calming her down. "It's okay. It's over now. I'm sorry for getting you involved in this. Haru smiled and started eating one of the other doughnuts that he picked up for the other two. "Deellihshious." He said to himself as he rammed the last bit into his mouth. He finished his coffee and waited for Jake to calm Reina down.

A few minutes went by and there was a bang from upstairs as running footsteps echoed across the floor. Yuki burst into the storefront. What just happened? I heard tires screeching away. "You're a bit late to the party." Haru laughed as he entered all panicked. "What do you mean late? What happened?" He asked again.

"Ah, Nothing to worry about. You just had some rude customers. It's okay Reina told them where to shove it." He giggled again looked at Yuki's face as he saw his sister hugging Jake. He went pale.

"Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?" He walked over to Haru and whispered into his ear. "You sure are." Haru patted him on the back. "It looks like your sister just hates you." He laughed again.

"Jake come on we are going now. Unless you wanna stay?" Haru asked and then walked over to the door. Jake looked at Reina. She looked saddened by the thought of him leaving. "It's okay, You go. I'm sure Haru is going to get everything solved." Jake was hesitant. "Are you sure?" He asked.

Reina nodded and then faked a smile. "I'm fine. Look my brother is here. It's not like we have anything to do with the situation. If worse comes to worst I will just say that you tried to kidnap me." She stuck out her tongue and ran off upstairs.

Yuki walked Haru and Jake to the door. "I'm still not sure what happened. But try not to get us involved in your mess." He said with a serious tone to his voice. "Don't worry. Everything will be solved by next week. If they come back give them this." Haru reached into his pocket and pulled out one of Zen's business cards.

"I'm sure Reina will explain what happened when you go back up. I recommend you close the store for the day. If my assumption is correct they will come back for sure and ask you about me. Just hand them the card and everything will be fine." Haru said as he handed it to Yuki.

"Are you sure everything will work out? What is Zen's business card going to do to stop them from arresting us?" Yuki was more confused than he was before. "It will be okay. The card is just so they can find me. If they work for the government then it should be easy for them to find Zen's house just from searching his name. Relax. It isn't that serious." Haru pulled out his phone and sent a text to the driver to come and pick him up from the street corner he had dropped them off at.

"Okay, I guess I will close for today. I trust you. I will just leave this thing stuck to the window and hope they get the message without kicking down our doors or anything. This is a real pain." Yuki said and then locked the door after himself and walked upstairs to get the full story from Reina.

Haru looked at Jake and began to walk. "Hey, Don't beat yourself up over it. Everything will be fine. You don't think I will let anyone touch my friends, do you? They will have to step over my dead body before they get to you." He laughed as the driver pulled up and beeped the horn.

"Hurry up. I don't want to be stuck in the afternoon traffic." He rolled down the window and shouted out to them both. Haru opened the door and shuffled across the back seats so that Jake could get in without stepping into traffic. "That is the thing I am worried about the most." He said quietly and then got into the back seat.

The car began to drive off when the driver suddenly spoke. "I feel like something happened? Wanna talk about it?" He asked ass the drove back toward Zen's house.

"It's not really that important. We kind of pissed of the government. They should be sending people to look for me soon so I will deal with them when I get around to it." He said and then pulled out his phone and sent a text to Suyin.

"Don't come over for a few days. Something came up and I won't have time to see you." As soon as he sent it he got a reply instantly. "What has happened? Are you okay?" She asked, worried. "Yeah, it's nothing Jake just got himself into a bit of trouble so I have to sort things out. I will tell you when it is all over."

He explained what had happened to her through texts whilst talking with the driver. "You deal with the government? I think it is probably for the best if you ask your uncle for help. I'm sure he can get into contact with someone and smooth things over." The driver said as they pulled up to the gate of Zen's house.

"I will keep that in mind thanks. But I am an adult now. I will try to solve things peacefully." He said and then waved goodbye to him and then he drove back down the road to do whatever a driver did when he wasn't working.

Haru and Jake both walked inside and explained the situation. Krista was disappointed in them both but seemed to understand. She didn't pursue the matter anymore and then walked out back to talk to Zen. She came back inside looking angry. Zen then called Haru outside to talk.

"Sorry, I can't do anything about what happened. If the RMTF is involved then anything I saw will only get me locked up in a prison cell too. They are notorious for arresting bystanders and putting them in prison for life." Haru was surprised at what he was hearing.

"How can they just imprison people for life?" He asked Zen and then thought back. Should I have just let them arrest Jake? No, I doubt Reina would let them arrest him in her store so she would probably end up being arrested. I made the right choice. I think... Haru began to doubt himself for a moment.

"It is easy. They just make up false charges and then get them signed by a judge. Although I heard that one time a judge refused to sign for them, His family 0eneded up going missing for a week and then the magically came back to him after he signed the paperwork. So most judges don't even want to question their authority. I recommend you ask for someones help back at that sect you were at."

Haru thought about Zen's suggestion. But he felt like he already owed the sect master for the money that he had been given on behalf of him. He didn't want to depend on the connections of Li Jun to solve something so minor.

As Zen and Haru were discussing what they should do next. Jake opened the door. "Hey... Are you expecting anyone? Two cars just pulled up outside..."