Don't Judge an Assassin by Her Cover

by MoonlightRurouni

Usually, he can easily determine where each person fit in society. Yet she…she was different. She was innocent and naive enough to be a common civilian, but no civilian would be able to have the steel she had in her eyes when she knocked him down. He could pass her off as simply a wanna-be. Someone who simply had an interest in their ways, but wasn't serious about it.

1. Prologue

Prologue

The six-year-old boy dashes through the village streets, laughing as he dives behind a wagon. Clapping a hand to his mouth to silence his laughter, he watches in gleeful anticipation as a small girl clumsily barrels down the street.

"Tier-kun! Tier-kun?" she calls out, coming to an unsteady halt. Sneaking around the cart so that he's behind her, he grins in anticipation.

"Boo!"

The girl squeals in fright and surprise, turning around so quickly that she falls down. Laughing, he clutches his stomach. Looking down at her, he abruptly stops as he notices the tears that are threatening to spill from her eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make sad." He apologizes, crouching down to be eye level with her. She blinks in confusion, and he frowns uncertainly. "Oh right, you don't understand…"

Not knowing what else to do, he opens his arms and offers her a hug. Her eyes widen in wonder and the next thing he's aware of is that her arms are around his neck, crushing the air out of him. It's his turn to fall onto his back as she babbles something into his ear in her foreign language.

"Suki Tier-kun! Hontou ni, dai suki Tier-kun! Zutto!"

Giving her a confused look he decides to just repeat after her. She's probably saying thanks anyways. "Yeah yeah. Suki to you too."