It was almost impossible for the Awakusu-kai executive to believe that the young woman sitting in front of him was not only the heir to the Ryuu-kai's territory, but also the one who brutally murdered someone for a minor member of the Awakusu-kai. Shiki had expected someone a little younger than Yuna, but she looked like she was barely over twenty years old. Despite Shiki's surprise he kept his expression as blank as always. Ryuu Tatsuya sat next to him as they both waited for the others to arrive.
It wasn't long before Akabayashi* and Aozaki* walked into the meeting room and then soon after them Dougen* and Mikiya entered. Mikiya wore an expression of surprise when he saw Tatsuya sitting there next to Shiki. He stared at her as they began to discuss the matter at which brought them here. Shiki wondered why he was being so rude by staring at her openly.
"The informant I spoke to also gave the locations of where the Russians were selling weapons on Ryuu-kai territory as well." Her feminine voice brought Shiki back to the discussion. He wasn't used to hearing a voice like hers at their meetings. "There are also rumors of them selling drugs in both Ryuu-kai and Awakusu-kai territory."
"I didn't hear about the drug selling," Dougen said and she nodded.
"If you compare how much of each drug you have to what you did before the Russians started their dealings in your area, you might have more than usual, which is an indication that someone else is dealing on your turf," she said and then cocked her head to the side for a moment. "That is unless they're only selling in Ryuu-kai territory, but I find that unlikely."
"Can I be excused?" Everyone's eyes turned to Mikiya who had angry expression.
"Why? What's the matter?" his father asked him.
"I make him uncomfortable," Tatsuya said, smiling gently at Mikiya.
"Because you're a psycho," he growled, and Dougen gaped at his son's outburst.
"I prefer the term sociopath to psychopath," she replied, completely unphased by him.
"What? Are you serious that you have a preference? You have to be kidding me." His voice was full of shock and she sighed.
"Nii-san*, it doesn't bother me that you're questioning my mental state, but don't you think it's a little inappropriate to bring it up in front of them?" she asked, gesturing to the four others in the room and Mikiya laughed.
"Oh no, they need to be warned about how you are," he said accusingly.
"And how am I Nii-san?" she asked and he started to open his mouth to speak, but he saw her smirking, "That's a good idea, not talking I mean. You're making a fool of yourself."
"You're excused Mikiya." He flinched when he heard his father's unusually angry voice.
"Sorry Oto-san*, but as long as she's here, I'm not." He stood up and left after that.
"My sincerest apologies Ryuu-san, he's never acted like that before," Dougen said, bowing his head to her.
"It's okay; I wasn't exactly nice to my sister growing up so I know he's heard some pretty nasty things about me," she reassured, shrugging off his apologies, "So can we please go on with this meeting?"
"Yes, where were we?" he asked as the other three looked at her with curiosity in their eyes. Just what did she do to Yuna?
Izaya smirked as he found the piece of information he was looking for. Her name was Ryuu Tatsuya, she was five foot ten, and was an average weight for her height. In school she was quiet and kept to herself. She was a top student, wasn't into sports, and had a record of violence in school, but all of the people that said she did something to them changed their stories and then blamed someone else. Izaya chuckled. She sounded exactly like him. If only he knew she was much worse. He had a whole different set of rules, where as she liked to get her hands bloodied.
"Namie-chan, I'm going out. I hope you didn't have any plans, because I need you to put back the files I took out and then add in a few more after your finished with the rest of your work," he ordered and much to his satisfaction elicited an annoyed grumble from her.
He left in a rush, shrugging on his fur rimmed jacket as he made his way down the hall to the elevator. Izaya was excited about this new human since he had never really come across anyone like himself, besides Shinra. Yet again, there was Aoba, but he didn't matter. Walking with a skip in his step Izaya made it to the station and boarded a train for Ikebukuro.
The school bell rang, dismissing the younger students from class. Among those students was ten year old Awakusu Akane*. She quickly put her things into her backpack and followed the rest of the students out. Her eyes lit up as they found a tall figure standing among the parents that were there to pick up their kids.
"Oba-san*!" She ran up to her aunt with her arms wide open. Her aunt dropped to her knees and opened her arms to receive her niece's embrace. The people around them gave them a wide birth of space when they realized it was the Awakusu child. Akane didn't notice and Tatsuya actually thought their reaction was comical.
"Akane-chan!" Tatsuya cupped her niece's face in her hands and looked at her, "Ah! You've gotten taller since I last saw you!"
"I've missed you Oba-san!" Akane exclaimed, smiling cheerily at her aunt.
"I've missed you too!" Tatsuya said, standing up and taking her niece's hand. "Come with me, I'll get you something to eat."
"Okay!" she agreed happily as she walked with her aunt.
Tatsuya was thrilled to see her niece, but at the same time she was furious with her sister and brother in-law. They just let her walk home by herself with no protection whatsoever. She was the daughter of the heir to the Awakusu-kai, and people knew that. Akane could be targeted in a kidnapping, or worse. The Ryuu-kai heir loathed just about everyone, but her niece was like the little sister she never had. They looked enough alike that they were often mistaken as sisters by strangers.
"Oba-san?" Akane tugged on her aunt's sleeve to get her attention.
"Hmm?" She looked down at her oddly serious looking niece.
"Do you know what the Awakusu-kai is involved in?" she asked her and her aunt nodded.
"I take it you found out that we're a Yakuza family, huh?" Tatsuya frowned a little knowing Akane knew what the Awakusu-kai was.
"Oba-san, are you part of the Awakusu-kai?" she asked her and Tatsuya chuckled a little.
"I'm part of the Ryuu-kai, although I'm attempting to bring forth an alliance with the Awakusu-kai and the Ryuu-kai," She told her niece, "I just don't know if it will work. You see, your Oto-san is going to take over for your Ojii-san* eventually as will I for my Oto-san, but your Oto-san doesn't really like me all that well."
"Why?" Akane asked innocently.
"I wasn't very nice to your Oka-san* when I was younger," she admitted to her with a sad smile. "I was a little mean when I was a kid."
"But you're nice now," Akane said and she shrugged.
"He may not like me because he's heard of all the bad things I've since I was little."
"Have you really done bad things?" Tatsuya nodded.
"I'm not a good person, and someday I'll tell you about the things I've done. But until that day comes don't listen to what others say about me, okay?" Tatsuya requested of her.
"Okay," Akane promised and looked at where they were going. Her face lit up and it was almost as if she had completely forgotten what they had just talked about. "Oba-san, can we go talk to Shizuo-san?!"
"Who?" Tatsuya asked as her niece began to drag her by the hand in the direction of a tall blonde man.
"Shizuo-san!" She let go of Tatsuya hand and hugged the blonde man's leg. He looked down and smiled gently at the young girl.
"Akane-chan, how are you?" he said to her.
"Good, I wanted my Oba-san to meet you!" she replied, gesturing to Tatsuya who smiled at him.
"Hi, I'm Ryuu Tatsuya," she said bowing to him.
"Heiwajima Shizuo, uh nice to meet you," He bowed back to her.
"Do you mind me asking how you know my niece?" She didn't actually care if she offended him by asking.
"Well, uh, she was sick and I took her to my friend who's a doctor," he said vaguely.
"Thank you for doing that." She smiled at him.
There was something about her that Shizuo didn't like. Tatsuya gave off the same vibe that Izaya did to him, but somehow she was worse. Shizuo realized he liked her less than Izaya, but also didn't want to provoke her. She just gave off a vibe of 'if you mess with me you'll never mess again' where as Izaya was more of 'if you mess with me I'll mess with you even more'. Then again, Izaya didn't need provocation to mess with anyone.
"It was nothing; she's actually really fun to talk to," he said and Tatsuya smiled genuinely.
"Oba-san can Shizuo-san go with us to get something to eat?" Akane asked her.
"Uh, if he wants to…?" Tatsuya looking up at Shizuo who smiled down at Akane apologetically.
"I can't today; I have to meet Tom-san for work," he said ruffling her hair. "I should actually be going now."
"Oh okay. Tell Tom-san I said hi and Verona-san* if you see her too!"
"Okay, I will." He waved bye to them. Tatsuya watched him walk off before Akane started to tug her sleeve in a different direction. She felt as if they were being watched, but let it go.
*Akabayashi, Aozaki, Dougen, Verona, and Akane are characters from the light novels.
*Nii-san – It's the Japanese honorifics for brother, but it can also be used for brother in-law.
*Oto-san – is the honorifics for father, it can also be used for father in-laws as well.
*Oba-san – is the honorifics for aunt.
*Ojii-san – is the honorifics for grandfather.
*Oka-san – is the honorific for mother.
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