A/N: I'm rewriting the chapter due grammar mistakes and yeah, because I'm not yet pleased with it. I do not own any Digimon characters; if I did I wouldn't be writing this. :p

Heart of an Assassin

Chapter 1: Codename Yamura


Yamato Ishida was no regular man at the age of twenty. He had something special; special than the others. Although, he looked like a normal person who would walk in the university to graduate, this was not what he had planned on doing so. It was just a masquerade. Yamato had already a very high IQ and his skills could not be compared to anyone.

He learned his talents by none other than the most feared gang of America. The Assassins.

Blond hair and sapphire eyes, any girl would fall for that. He was popular among women and men envied him. Though, some would call him mysterious. When a girl wanted to start a conversation, he usually glared and looked away. That was a sign to say they shouldn't bother trying and that he wanted to be alone.

He always acted cold towards people he had met during missions. He never dared to be close to anyone…yet. The cause of this was due of his training. Becoming one of the Assassins at a young age, he remembered the words still fresh in his mind that his boss told him.

Emotions and weakness are not allowed once you become an Assassin; they are heartless and they show no mercy in killing their opponent!

Till today he remembered them still. Growing up, his instructor and boss, Mr. Giobani, a former assassin, taught him many things, but there were three who always needed to be respected. He taught him not to talk about his life, never questioning while being on a mission and never talking to a person.

Years passed by and martial arts was slowly becoming one of his favourite skills. He could handle every type of gun and he could dance with a sword. There was nothing Yamato couldn't do. It mad him the perfect assassin Giobani was looking for.

For impossible tasks, he would always call Yamato to accomplish it because he knew he would never fail.

Fail

A word Yamato hated. Failing a mission was certainly not in his dictionary.

For every assassin, a codename was required. Folks, meet Yamura, the dangerous assassin in our modern days.

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Assassins are known for their quickness in murdering people for money, though this time, it wasn't for the money. Yamura knew from the moment he knocked on the door, he felt that he could not decline the mission his boss was going to provide.

"Ah, Yamato… I'm happy you dropped by, my boy." A voice spoke once he entered the familiar office once again.

Yamato snorted and took a chair to sit down in front of his desk. Yamato knew what was coming next. With an aggravated sigh, he crossed his arms. "Who is it this time?"

"Why don't you check it?" His boss replied while he handed him a bunch of files.

Yamato acquired it and took a quick glance at the papers and some pictures. One picture was of a man stepping out of his vehicle. He wasn't even aware that someone was spying on him.

"Who's this?" Yamato asked firmly, slowly sliding towards the next picture. This time he held a cell phone in his hands.

"This is Jack, Yamato." Mr. Giobani slightly informed him. "He is indeed an important man in this world."

"How so?" Yamato asked.

"Ever heard of a stone called, the Aeroliths?" His boss asked him with a grin.

Yamato shook his head.

"Well, let me explain it to you, my boy." Mr. Giobani stood up from his chair and slowly walked back and forth behind the desk.

"Aeroliths are white-crystal stones with an orb in the centre of it. Though in Ancient civilisation, it was said it could bring destruction to humanity if it fell into the wrong hands, but as long it was not, the Aeroliths could be used as an extract for eternal life and is also a key to a great treasure."

"Treasure…?" Yamato's interest was slowly waking up by hearing one single word that sounded like music in his ears. "What kind of treasure?"

"We are not certain what the treasure contains, but we do know we need four stones before hitting the jackpot." He told him, "The stones are white like the Aerolith, but inside they have an official colour of the orb: yellow, red, blue and green."

"And where do we place them once we tracked them all?" Yamato asked.

"There is an old temple buried deep inside the Jungle. Jack managed to have caught one of the stones while he was on a research."

"So he's a researcher eh?"

"Yes indeed, he has found the Aerolith of Love, the red one. Right now, I guess he is trying to examine to find more about the stone."

"And you…want me to kill him?" Yamato asked lightly, while placing the files on the desk.

"No, no, my dear boy, you won't have to kill this time…" Giobani smirked, "We need him."

Yamato narrowed an eyebrow. "So why did you call me then…?"

"I know how you love to kill, Yamato, but your mission is different from all the others." Mr. Giobani acknowledged him. "You have to observe him and try to obtain information concerning the stone and reporting it to us."

"In other words, you want me to spy on him..?" Yamato asked, getting up as he glared at him menacingly.

"Exactly, my boy…"

"Hmph, sorry, sir, but I don't think I'm not the right man you've selected for this kind of mission." Yamato told him firmly turning away with his jacket on his shoulder.

"Don't you want to hear me out first?" Mr. Giobani asked him calmly, as though he was prepared for this. "I wasn't finished yet…" he trailed off with a grimace.

"What more do you have to add to this conversation?" Yamato asked blankly with his back facing him. "I don't want to hear more about this stupid stone. Try and do it yourself."

"It's not about the stone I'm talking about now. It's one of your previous friends you've left in Japan years ago…"

Suddenly, something hit him inside of his mind causing him to freeze that instant. He only heard the word Japan and his mind started to twirl. Suddenly a memory flashed inside his head. It hurt. It was a memory he had forgotten long ago. A memory he wanted to forget yet somehow, it was slowlystarting to plague him.

The memory was a person. A girl. She had hazel brown eyes and brown hair.

"Mimi!" He cried.

"My, my, took you long enough..." Mr. Giobani laughed. "I thought you'd never come up with that girl's name."

He gritted his teeth, "What does Mimi have to do in all of this?" Yamato asked him rather violently.

"Calm down, my boy." He assured him. He then eyed him playfully. "I though you hated her?"

"I still do… Now stop being a fucking asshole and answer my goddamn question!"

"Now this more I like it…" Mr. Giobani took his seat and folded his hands together as he sighed. "It's not my intention to bring you back old memories, Yamato, but now, she's really important to us."

"What…? Why?"

"Mimi is the daughter of Jack Tachikawa. After he had found the stone, he was being called and was transferred here in America to do some observation. Now, they live here and because she is the daughter, she must know some information about the stone and where it is located. And your task inside of this is to –"

"- spy on her!" Yamato yelled furiously, finishing his sentence.

"You guessed right." Mr. Giobani replied with a smirk.

"Bastard! You only use me because I'm the only one who knows her!"

"No, I have chosen you because I know you won't let yourself fall for any girl that simple; not like certain assassins here inside the base." Mr. Giobani corrected him.

"Ugh…" Yamato watched him with disgust. "Suppose I take the job, what will happen to her if I succeed?" he asked him.

"Well, after we used her, we must kill her and her father of course, but that will be done by other assassins… if not you can still kill her by your own hands…at least…if it's that that you want, no?" Mr. Giobani asked mischievously. "I hope you didn't forget that-"

"-emotions and weakness are not welcome once you become an assassin! No, I did not forget!"

"Good, 'cause you know the rules…" Mr. Giobani warned him.

"Yea, I know…" Yamato sighed.

"Well, are you accepting the job or not?"

Yamato had always killed people for money, but mentioning Mimi's name, his first true love, was making things very difficult. He didn't know what to do. Should he accept it or not? A part of him wanted to see her and yet, a part of him wanted her to suffer. He wanted her to endure the pain like he did after what happened that day in Japan. Yes, he was going to make her suffer.

"I'll do it…"

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To Be Continued…

A/N: Well, let me know what you think and don't forget to review:D

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