"A-another cup of sak-ke..." he said stuttering through his drunken state.
"Yeah sure. You gonna be ok, you look like hell." asked the bartender warily as he poured a fourteenth drink. He knew the kid was underage, he was pretty sure he didn't have any money either, But he'd never seen anyone come in looking so...defeated.
"Just a-another day..." he felt the lie bubble on his lips like acid, the pain of the memories rushing through his mind. Despite all the drinks he still can't forget.
To the bartenders immense suprise the kid pulled out a wallet and payed for all the drinks with a tip. He watched with anxiety as the kid stumbled out of the bar.
"...mom...dad...why? Why did you kill them, you evil, hateful demon!"
His mind wouldn't erase the image of the little kid, it kept repeating in his head as he stumbled down the cold road, no idea where he was headed...
"The mission was a success, The mind control is working, if only barely. Good Work Sephiria."
"Elders, I still disagree with the method in which-"
"We will not discuss this any further." Cutting her statement short with authority.
"Yes elders..." she said submissively. She knew the arguement was futile.
"He is to be called in for his next mission immediately his mind is strong so we must prepare with dilligence and much haste."
"As you wish.", the images of the elders dissapearing from the wall. The light shifting to a man behind Sephiria. "Genos, you are to deliver his summons and make sure he follows them."
"Sure but I'm not dragging him back like last time again, he got a little happy with that fire of his." said a man from behind, obviously irritated with the job. Walking out of the room, leaving an uneasy feeling with his departure.
"Why do I always get stuck with the grunt work..." muttered genos angrily as he walked to the last known location of his target. "Don't we have people who's job this is. I'm not their damn messenger."
The dark made Genos uneasier than usual as he walked down the back alley, the only sounds coming from a bar nearby. Then he saw his target. The teenage boy. Chronos' most deadly weopon. Number Zero.
"Seto Kurahi, you've been summoned." Said Genos gravely, he like Sephiria was against the way they used him. 'He's just a kid for god's sake, no matter how powerful he is...'
"I'm not g-going...", he said simply, turning only slightly so he wouldn't lose balance.
"Are you drunk, your fifteen how the hell did you get alchohol?" Genos was worried on how the elders would react to this. "You know that's not important right now, whether you want to or not I'm dragging your drunken ass back to the elders, conscience or otherwise." As he said this he flashed his gloved hand, a sphere with the engravement 'VII' on a spere in the center.
CRACK
A bullet missed Genos by mere millimeters.'How can he still shoot so well..' he thought as he quickly sent out many strands of the ohrihalcon strings that he used to fight. Entangling the struggling teen within. "Stop fighting you know it will only make things worse." He pulled the strings slighly tighter he watched as they cut into the captive's skin.
After a moment of struggling that left him with several cuts, Seto fainted...
He awoke some time later, he was unsure of how long though.
"Seto Kurahi, what are your orders?"
"To find and kill Train Heartnet. I am to retrieve the gun Hades from his corpse, Elders" He said in a dreamlike state.
"Very good..."
"Seto Kurahi, You have three days to complete the task." Rang Sephiria's voice from behind as the images of the elders dissapeared before him. "You shall do so as efficiently as possible to be caught is to fail."
Seto nodded and left the room.
*Sob* Sephiria collapsed on the floor into tears. Heartnet stood no chance. And she could do nothing to prevent it.