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Back. Back again.

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It was frustrating. So very aggravating. The rage that Hiro felt. The humiliation of losing. Over. And over. And over. It smoldered inside him. This was not to say he had never lost a fight before. Of course he had. He would lose all the time when h was growing up and training. Practicing. Improving. But never like this. It seemed that no matter what angle he took on his approach it was never enough. And that meant that he wasn't strong enough. Not strong enough to win his way out. It was a truly infuriating and baffling experience to him. Even with the addition of the little bit of magic he knew, it was not enough. He felt so close though. It always felt like he was just a hair from coming out on top. Still, it had been time to change plans. He would later come back at them with a vengeance. He would be stronger. He wouldn't lose.

These thoughts were so prevalent in his head that he had even forgot to keep thinking about ways to get back home to his own world. It just. It ate him up. But now was not the time to keep thinking such things. He saw the small figure. It wasn't just the house. It wasn't the place and time. It was one of them. Him or Aerith. But why?

The only thing that he could think of was the incidents with the robbers when they had first arrived in this world. There were no other times that he had drawn attention to himself. Not to his knowledge at least. Still, now was not the time to be pondering all of this. He voiced his thoughts to Aerith briefly before stepping up beside Aer. She seemed the helpful sort in the time that he had known her, and he had heard nothing but good things from the others. He didn't want to cause too much of a commotion in a public area though. However much he wanted revenge on the hooded figures that were after him, he didn't want to endanger anyone innocent. As such, as stated before, he stepped up beside Aer. 

[color=slategray]"Heads up. I think we're being followed. Don't draw too much attention if you check."[/color]

His voice was low. So low that it was unlikely that anyone other than Aer could hear him. Now, others might take this the wrong way if they were just watching, but it was more important to let the strong people around him not get caught off guard should something happen. And hell, maybe he was overthinking it. Maybe the figure just looked similar, or maybe they were just on their way to the house that he had been ambushed at previously. Still, it didn't hurt to be careful.