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"K" - Talking
Red - Speaking in English
'Canary' - Thinking
Flashback - Flashback
It had been a miserable year. A whole twelve months since Tatara's death by the Colorless King, Mikoto's death by Munakata Reisi and Eve went missing. Over the course of time the Red clansmen began showing up at the bar less and less until they eventually stopped coming at all. Everything couldn't have happened at a worse time because Anna was being hunted by the Green Clan. After all this time Anna still held onto hope. Despite her powers being unstable, making it impossible for her to find the songstress, she knew she was out there somewhere. She survived for years before she met HOMRA and a bloody encounter with the Kings. There was no way she would die so easily.
A month after their loss, the Red Clan decided to pay a visit to their friends' graves.
"Oi what the hell is this?" Yata hissed as they approached the stones. On the graves were multiple burned out incenses, over a dozen on each grave. Tatara's grave had several green wrappers and Mikoto's had a takeout container.
"Someone would seriously trash their graves?!"
"Who the hell would do this?!"
"Eve…" it was Izumo who cut everyone off. Upon closer inspection the men realized it was matcha pop wrappers, the king the young woman always ate in the summer and would only share with Anna. Lucky Bunny Okonomiyaki was printed across the food container, the name of the restaurant Eve always nagged Mikoto to take her to.
"She must have been here this morning." Dewa noted, looking around the graveyard. It began snowing the night before and hadn't stopped until early that morning. It was currently 9 am and every grave-with an exception of the former Red King and vassal's, was covered in a thick layer of snow.
They missed her.
They missed their chance to bring her back home.
"Izumo." Said man kneeled to the whimpering child's height.
"Don't worry, Anna we'll find her. It just means we must try again. I think this is just her way of letting us know she's doing alright." He hoped he eased the child's nerves.
Five months after the graveyard incident Izumo disappeared next. The blonde left Anna and his bar in the care of Kamamoto and Yata. With Awashima Seri's assistance he traveled to Germany for information on the Slate while Seri kept an eye out for Eve in Japan. Meanwhile, the Gold King was missing and Mihashira Tower had been attacked by Jungle, the Green Clan. He arrived with awful timing, by the time he made it home Anna was taken by Jungle and held captive in the Gold King's domain.
On the bright side, Yata already infiltrated the building and teamed up with the Silver Clansmen. After saving Neko, the two chased a squawking parrot to the Chamber of Slates where he then had to save Yata from a…ninja? While Yata bought him time he told the caged child accept her fate as their new Red King.
Embracing her new role, Anna released her aura and freed herself from the cage, reinforcing Izumo and Yata's own aura as well. In no time Yata defeated the ninja just as the parrot flew back in and landed on their swordsman's soldier, ordering the man to retreat and Kushina Anna was no longer a target; instead the had someone else to draw out. Izumo revealed the bird was a medium for Nagare who introduced himself before taunting about a 'Birthday Present' before he, the swordsman and ninja retreated, leaving Izumo to believe they let them off the hook for the time being. A large group of Green Clansmen set apart from from the infiltration converged a bolt of lighting which they shot at Anna to test her abilities as King. The child did well in her first attempt at protecting everyone but she stood no chance against the second attack, but the second bolt could fire it was frozen by the Blue King standing above, lightly smiling down at the them.
After the attack on the tower, Izumo and Yata accompanied Anna to the drawing of the swords Scepter 4 commence for the coming of the new Red King. The rest of the Red Clansman arrive dafter feeling their symbols alerting the presence of their new Red King as Anna touched the sword used to slay Mikoto. The Red and Blue Clansman readied themselves for another battle only for Izumo and Fushimi to motion their groups to stand down.
Until his disappearance Izumo was constantly searching for information on Eve's whereabouts. Questioning everyone he could trust for possible intel. For weeks, every single person came up empty handed. He began to think they would never find her. He hated the somber look on Anna's face and the distance the rest of HOMRA began to create. Just as he was about to give in and ask his final source for help, someone finally came to him with something.
Without informing the others, he went to an apartment complex in the seedy side of Shizume where a girl matching Eve's description was spotted. It was on the other side of town, far from the apartment building she and Tatara lived in. He hung around the building for hours, asking the shady looking locals about her as he flashed them her photo. Each time they would shake their head or he would have to bite his tongue due to the occasional lewd comment. He decided to give up and head home until he spotted a girl walking a good distance from him. That long brown hair, tan skin and skip in her step there's no way it couldn't be her!
He didn't bother trying to be stealthy. He knew if he lost her again, finding her may be damn near impossible to find her. He ran as fast as his legs would carry him, closing the distance between him and the songstress and grabbed her by the wrist. "Eve!" The girl shrieked in surprise as she turned to face the blonde. She was an older woman probably somewhere in her mid to late 40's. Green eyes wide with panic and confusion. Not red umber. This wasn't the person he was hoping for.
"I-I apologize miss. I mistook you for someone else." He bowed his head, sighing in disappointment.
"No, it's ok. It happens." She smiled, swaying her hips as she walked away. As Izumo turned to leave he was called back by the woman who smiled sweetly. "I hope you find her soon, Izumo-san!"
"…what the hell?"
"That is all I have to report." A man kneeled before a woman who smiled as she took a sip from a mug with a bird's silhouette printed on it. It was the same woman Izumo stopped on the streets that night, she wore a cropped, gray plaid suit jacket with a short, matching skirt and yellow pumps. "So that's where she's been. I never expected my sweet girl to put herself in such a dangerous situation." She cupped her own flushed cheeks as she licked her lips. "Oh she did always know how to rile me up."
"Um ma'am?" the man spoke up, interrupting the woman's giggling.
"What do you want?" her green eyes narrowed at the man who gulped at the cold tone.
"W-what are your next orders ma'am? She would never come out willingly. How will you lure her out this time?"
The woman spread out the stack of photos on the table in front of her, eyeing the images of the Red Clansmen who clearly had no idea they were being followed. "She's stronger with that power that damned Red King gave her, but she forgot her very first lesson," she ripped a photo of Anna in half, "care for no one unless you want to see them take their last breath your arms. You!"
"M-ma'am?!"
"We have someone to make a deal with. We'll annihilate those freaks. She'll watch everyone die just like she did all those years ago." She turned to a giant photo framed on her wall; in it Eve stared back at the camera. Empty red umber eyes. Devoid of any joy or life. "My sweet, naughty mockingbird, you'll be home in my arms once again."
A few days after Anna became the new King, HOMRA was bustling with life again. Filled with Yata's yelling, the usual teasing, even the smell of smoke from the clan's chain smokers but Izumo couldn't find it in himself to be the slightest bit annoyed. Everyone was back as if nothing ever happened, they were back where they belong. It was a slow day; hardly any customers had come so far so imagine everyone's surprise when Awashima Seri trotted through the door and ordered her usual …interesting drink. "So, is there anything I can help you with Seri-chan?" he asked, hoping the others wouldn't make a scene but they were too busy gagging at the sight of her beverage.
"I have information your King and clansmen would like to hear." She answered after a swift gulp. Turning to Anna, Seri reached into her bag and pulled out a folder almost overflowing with papers and slid it over to the girl.
"What is this?" Anna asked, flipping it open. The first image to greet her was a picture of the missing clansmen. The picture was blurry, and Eve had the scariest glare she had ever seen. It was obviously supposed to be candid shot but the photographer was caught. It must have been taken after she fled, she must be tired judging by the bags under her eyes and hungry if her thinner figure was anything to go by.
"This is all the information I could find on your clansmen 'Eve'." She explained. "We even went to her apartment but all we found was dust meaning the place has been vacant for quite some time. When we asked for information, the landowner claims she hasn't seen her for months, but her rent has been paid off for the next two years under the name of Triendl Mizuha. Under further investigation we discovered multiple housing across Japan is currently being paid off by the same account but all of them have different names. Sakurai Maryjun, Ahn Trish, Edwards Amelia, De Luca Elaine…" Seri trailed off, allowing the Red Clan to process the information.
"Seri-chan…are you telling me…"
"I'm informing you in other words 'Eve' never existed."
"Toshio-kun, we shouldn't be out here! A girl whimpered as Toshio led her through a field of flowers. Both wore the uniform of Ashinka High School, they were obviously skipping to do god knows what.
"It'll be fine Kyoko-chan. I just wanted to spend some alone time with you." Toshio smiled charmingly, gathering the blushing girl in his arms.
"Oh, Toshio-kun!"
"AGH! AHHHH!" the romantic atmosphere was shattered by the blood curdling screams.
"St-stay behind me. I'll protect you." Toshio stuttered as he and Kyoko looked around the field. The duo inched closer in the direction of the screams, shuddering as they got louder. In the distance they saw a woman holding a phone, tapping the screen and swiping.
"It's a woman." The two sighed in relief, shoulders sagging.
"Geez lady you scared us! Who watches horror movies in a field?!" Toshio shouted, stomping to the woman who glanced at him over her shoulder. She word an oversized white t-shirt with a dark red sweater around her waist. Red umber eyes looked him up and down. Watching the boy freeze, mouth agape as he realized the screams weren't from the device in her hands. At her feet a man rocked side to side, clutching his face as he screamed in agony. Smoke could be seen slipping through his fingers.
"Ah, it's you Toshio-kun." The woman sighed. Said boy flinched.
"Girly," she was now speaking to Kyoko, "watching this one. He was with Watanabe-chan and that transfer student Suzuka-chan last week."
"W-what?!"
Kyoko whimpered. "Toshio-kun you jerk!"
"Wait, Kyoko-chan!"
The woman watched the students fleeing, the teenagers already forgetting about the sight they stumbled upon. Her head tilted to the left. "That wasn't nice." Her head then tilted to the right. "Is there even a transfer student named Suzuka?"
"AGH! YOU BITCH!" the man screamed.
"Shut up you big baby. I told you to back off." She sat next to him. "Do you plan on explaining how these Jungle Points work or do I have to do all the-achoo!" she sneezed, pelting the man's rear end with red pellets and setting his pants ablaze. He screamed again as he began patting his bottom with one hand.
"My bad."
Author's Note: So I'm back sooner than expected. I mulled over this for a few days, adding stuff, deleting stuff, rearranging stuff, etc. I'm going to try to update more often with this so it wont take 3 years like K: Red Canary.
Also there's a poll on my profile, feel free to check it out if you want.
Until next time…