Rose Tattoo

Chapter 1

I watched expressionlessly as he took my hand and his tender and warm lips touched the elegant and intricate rose tattoo at the back of it.

"And with this kiss, the contract has been sealed... and I shall serve you 'til my last dying breath has left me"

"Oujo-sama, please wake up. We're almost there." I slowly opened my eyes to the soft voice of my servant and body guard, Jonathan 'Jonah' Yallo who was sitting beside me.

I rubbed my eyes with my pale hands. "Is that so? Thank you for waking me, Jonah."

The car came to a stop and from where we are, we can hear the gunfire, smell death and blood. Despite the darkness of the night, you can see the many figures killing each other off and it has to be in such a public place, the park. I sighed.

"How troublesome." I said and Jonah got out of the car and held the door open for me.

"Stay here and watch the car." I ordered the driver.

"But oujo-sama-" he tried to retort.

"I'll be fine. I have Jonah with me." I cut him off.

I walked out and we approached the group. As I thought, our own men and they are against...

"The Phantom Troupe?" I was surprised. What kind of idiot would send their men to their own graves like this? The thought of the idiocy made my blood boil. "Stop this immediately!"

My voice was barely audible due to the gunfire but our men quickly recognized my voice and stopped. This made the Troupe stop their attack as well and everyone looked at me.

"Oujo-sama!" exclaimed our men.

"Stop this foolishness. You're digging your own graves deeper this way." I added sternly.

"But the Master has ordered us to capture the Phantom Troupe no matter what!" reasoned one of the men.

I was about to speak when his head was chopped off in an instant. Before the attacker could even touch me, Jonah interfered. With his eyes glowing blue and my rose tattoo as well, he grabbed the attacker and restrained him. I could feel a small amount of energy leave me.

"As I was about to say, and this goes for all of you blind fools," I was referring to our subordinates. Well, I am pretty pissed off by this. "This is enough. Let the Troupe go. Whatever father's reason is, this is madness and I forbid you to resume it."

Hesitantly, they put down their guns and started retreating.

"You can release him now, Jonah." I ordered.

With slight hesitance, Jonah let go of my previous attacker. Half of the attacker's face is covered with a neck warmer and he had dark hair. The look in his eyes spell pain and torture and agonizing death.

"Honestly... I don't know why father would even bother... Sending many of our men into a hopeless battle." I was about to walk away when someone called out to me.

"Wait."

I stopped in my tracks and faced the person. Among the group, a man close to my age with dark combed back hair, grey eyes and pale skin, wearing a fur-collared leather trench coat and black pants and shoes stood, staring at me. I could guess as much that he's the leader.

"Why are you letting us go?" He was obviously suspicious, thinking if there might be a trap.

"Much as I am proud and confident of our subordinates' skills, this is a complete waste of time. Unlike my mad father, I don't send my servants and men into fruitless battles." I said with a matter-of-factly tone and started walking away, my heels going click-clack on the pavement. "Have a good night" I waved with my tattooed hand casually without looking back.

(Chrollo)

I watched as the mysterious girl waved at us casually with her tattooed hand and walked away, her slender figure disappearing into the night. I noticed that the tattoo doesn't have any color and that it's like a regular tribal tattoo of a rose and yet, earlier when Feitan attacked her, it glowed blue, the same color as the white haired boy's eyes who defended her.

"Who was that brat?" Phinks asked to no one in particular.

"They were calling her 'oujo-sama' and she called the man who ordered for our capture 'father'. It's safe to assume that she's the daughter of this mafia don, a greatly respected one at that." I answered, my eyes still glued to the darkness where she vanished.

"Well, she's smart, I'll give her that." Machi commented nonchalantly.

"Yeah, choosing her subordinates' lives than her father's pride. But she seems to regard us highly." Nobunaga added.

"Past is past. We can forget about this event. Let's go." I concluded and started walking in the opposite direction of the mystery girl.

"Eh?" I heard Feitan.

"What is it?" Phinks asked Feitan who was groping himself for something.

"My phone... I can't feel it anywhere." Feitan answered.

I smirked, amused. I guess we won't be able to forget about this so easily. "Let's leave it at that. We'll just steal a new one for you."

"Well said, danchou!" Shalnark, gleeful as always, agreed.

And with that, we left the park and looked for a rundown abandoned apartment or building to serve as place to stay for the night.

This is probably the shortest chapter I've ever written. XP And this is only my second Chrollo fanfic. Reviews are well appreciated~ :3 Thanks for reading!