August 11, 20XX
It was pleasant day. Clattering and buzzing noise of people rushing for lunch filled the air of Shizume City. Walking here and there, people minding their own business for it was a busy day. Truly, it is a busy day for all of them.
Members of the Red Clan, HOMRA, were busy running bout the city searching for people... searching for their missing comrades.
Clang! Clang! Clang! The bell on the door of Bar HOMRA rang repeatedly as the door was violently swung open.
"Kusanagi-san!" entered Yata. He was breathing heavily and sweating buckets due to hours of running around the city accompanied by the sweltering and merciless heat of summer. "Did any of them contacted you yet?" Kusanagi, who was standing behind the bar counter, frowned and shook his head in response. "How about you, Anna?" Yata turned to the little girl kneeling on the floor with a map of the city and bright red marbles in front of her. "Any results?"
Anna shook her head without looking up to face Yata and instead, focused more on her marbles which were going crazy, moving on random directions instead of their usual circling pattern.
Yata clutched his skateboard tighter on his side and clenched his jaw. "Goddamn it!" He cursed out loud in mixture of frustration and worry as he threw his metal rod on the floor.
Kusanagi cringed at the thought of the possible damage done on the floor by Yata's action. Normally, he would've reprimanded Yata right then and there but he understand how the Yata feels.
"I'll go look around the city again!" Yata ran out of the bar, leaving his weapon behind.
Kusanagi sighed and went back to fiddling his PDA, trying to get any information concerning their missing comrades through his connections.
HOMRA's problem started with a strain causing trouble in their territory. It was decided that Dewa, Chitose, and Bandou would subdue the strain. Three days went by without the three returning but any worry was dismissed by thinking they were just taking their sweet time subduing the strain. Two more days went by without any of them contacting nor showing any sign of returning so Fujishima and Shohei were sent to look for them. The clansmen of HOMRA started to grow more alarmed when three days passed without Fujishima or Shohei returning since they were sent to look for their missing comrades.
"Shit!" Yata cursed as he kicked the road to add more speed to his skateboard. "I'm going to fucking beat them to a pulp if they're only fooling around!" He swore as he looked left and right. " Wait. Is that?" He came to a halt when he spotted a familiar cap lying on the road from afar. Yata kicked the road and sped towards the object.
"It really is Shohei's." He said as he picked up the cap with HOMRA's insignia on it from the road. Finding a lead, Yata immediately dialled Kusanagi's number. He looked around and saw that he was in front of what seemed like an amusement park. "The Gameatorium?" He read at the sign. "Is this place new?" He looked around more and noticed green electricity crawling on the walls of the park.
"Yata-chan?" Kusanagi's voice rang from Yata's watch. "Did you find them?"
"No but I found Shohei's cap." Yata answered while he continued to look around to find any more leads.
"Good work." Kusanagi sighed in relief. 'Finally, a lead.' "Where did you find it?"
"I'm still at the place where I found it. This place is suspicious, Kusanagi-san." Yata answered from the other end of the line. "This is the first time I saw this place. From the look of the entrance, I think it's an am-"
"Yata Misaki-chan?" Kusanagi heard a somewhat familiar voice say Yata's name from the other line."YOU! AAAAARGH!" Yata suddenly screamed in pain and was followed my a loud thud.
"Yata-chan?! Yata-chan?! Yata! What happened?!" Kusanagi screamed on his PDA. Hearing a beep, he removed it from his ear and saw that the line was cut off. He turned to Anna and Eric who looked worried and alarmed. "Yata-chan was attacked." He said causing Anna to silently gasp. 'What the hell is going on?' "With many of our members missing, I'm afraid we have to ask the Blues for assistance." He continued as he stared at Anna's marbles which were still going on random directions above Shizume City's map.
Awashima sighed as she shoved her PDA back to the pocket of her uniform. "Fushimi, did you find any lead?" She asked to their third-in-command, who was standing in front of the door, holding a tablet.
"Not yet." Fushimi simply answered.
"How was it?" Munakata suddenly asked, pertaining to the call Awashima received, as he stood up from his seat and went towards the bookshelves.
"It seems many of the Red Clan's clansmen are also missing." Awashima reported.
"How many of them?"
"Dewa Masaomi, Chitose You, and Bandou Saburota who were after a strain went missing 8 days ago. Fujishima Kosuke and Akagi Shohei who went to search for them went missing 3 days ago. And just now, their vanguard, Yata Misaki aka Yatagarasu was attacked after finding a lead and is now assumed missing."
Munakata turned to Fushimi to find any changes in his demeanor but only saw his usual unconcerned and bored expression.
"In total, 6 of their core members are missing." Awashima concluded.
"A strain..." Munakata trailed off.
"Yes. From the sound of it, it's the same strain our officers were trying to subdue before going M.I.A." Awashima was about to add more when their PDAs rang simultaneously. They looked at each other before fishing out their PDAs from their pockets and answering it. A video feed popped out and it seemed like the three of them received the same feed.
"Greetings, vassals of the Red, Blue, and Silver Sanctum." A green bird that was standing on a throne spoke.
"Hi, Kuroh-chan." A flashy purple-headed man whom they remembered as Mishakuji Yukari, a vassal of the Green King, waved as he sat down on the right arm of the throne.
"I am the Green and Fifth King, Nagare Hisui." The bird continued. "I am glad to see you all well but that is not the reason why I contacted you. I would like to invite certain clansmen to participate in a game that I will host. From the Silver clan, Yatogami Kuroh. From the Red clan, Kamamoto Rikio and Kusanagi Izumo. And lastly, from the Blue clan, Fushimi Saruhiko, Awashima Seri and of course, the Blue King, Munakata Reisi-san. I also wanted to invite the Red King but it seems like she's still unable to control her aura completely. It's truly a shame."
"To the clansmen Nagare-chan invited," Yukari stood up. "You can refuse to participate in the game but I wouldn't suggest that. That is if you don't care about your fellow clansmen." The camera turned to the right and showed an unconcious Yata chained to a pillar and the missing vassals of the different clans inside a huge cage. "Just one of you refuse and BAM. The cage will explode then you can collect their remains." Yukari walked into view. "We will send you the coordinates of the location after a few minutes. And a small reminder to the participants, do not bring anyone else. Well then, we will wait for you arrival." He smiled and the feed cut off.
"Captain!" Awashima turned to her king.
"For now, let us wait for the coordinates." Munakata calmly said as he adjusted his eyeglass.
Few minutes later, the coordinates of the location where the games will be hd was sent to their PDA from Jungle.
"Fushimi-kun." Munakata turned to Fushimi who was still standing in fron of the door. "Try to get a street view of the location."
As soon as the order was given, Fushimi enlarged the map with the coordinates that was sent to them. Satisfied with the size of the map, he tapped the encircled point expecting to get a street view but what he got instead was an electric shock. Green electricity was sent to him from his PDA and the map started to get static.
"Are you allright, Fushimi?!" Awashima worriedly asked to her subordinate who groaned in pain.
"Awashima-kun. Fushimi-kun." Munakata addressed the two. "Prepare to subdue the Green clan."
A/N: I apologise for any typographical or grammatical error.
Thank you for reading!