Chapter 1
"You're doing a good job on your last mission." A man said with a satisfied smiled on his face as he looked at the files on his hands and then towards the blonde girl who was looking at him almost boredly as she grab the pack of cigarette on her worn out black hoodie pocket and put one stick between her lips. "You know that I'm not fond with the smoke are you?" the man continued.
The blonde girl only gave out a small snorted as she lit up her cigarette and exhaling the smoke out from her mouth, "And you know that I don't care about what you think, are you?"
The man chuckled, "Fair enough."
"So, what is it now?" The blonde girl asked.
"I want you to do another mission for me."
"Two missions in a row. Don't you think it was too much for me?"
"No, not at all." The man said with a smirk on his face, "Afterall you are the most talented assassin this organization ever had. Makes me wonder why you even stopped to be one some years ago in the first place."
"I don't want to stain my hands with filthy blood."
"And yet here you are, back again in this organization and once again stain your hands. Once being a killer will always being a killer. It's on your blood already Ayase."
"Talk as much as you want." The blonde hair girl said in a stern voice, "I have my own purpose on why I'm back doing this again."
"Oh yes, every people have their own reason why they are doing this of course." The man said as he put his elbows on the working desk and propped his chin on his hands, "Whatever it is, I don't actually really care as long as my mission is done."
"You don't need to worry about that small detail. Now just give me the next mission or I will leave this place, Kisei."
The man smiled, "Temper, Ayase. You better make sure to stop being like that." He said before he pulled out a file from the stack of the files beside of him and threw it towards the blonde hair girl direction. "That is your next target."
The blonde hair girl frowned as she took the files and gave a quick scanned on it, "She's just a girl."
"You just a girl too." Kisei said, "And have you seen how dangerous you are?"
"This girl is different." The blonde hair girl said as she looked at the picture of a smiling girl. "She looks nothing like me."
"Oh yes, she probably is. But appearance can be really decisive don't you agree?" Kisei said with a small sinister smiled which makes the blonde hair girl scrunched her eyebrows in disgust before she turn her body around while her hand tightly grip the file.
"I believe you will do your job?"
"Consider it done. Minami Kotori is as good as dead."
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Nico let out a small sighed as she looked at the lunch box on her hand. It was already 8 PM and Maki still not home to eat some dinner or just to relax and knowing her girlfriend attitude, Nico doubted that the younger girl are eating dinner at all. That girl afterall too focused for her own good, she will ignore almost everything if she was working or focus on something. Well, almost since the Maki can't ever ignore her.
She let her own feet walked in the familiar hallway she always took everytime she went to hospital to meet her girlfriend when she suddenly stopped and she looked at the slightly ajar door on her right side. All of Nico's alertness are on as she quietly walked towards the door and peeking inside. She was ready to do some action if it was needed but when she saw the familiar back of a blonde girl, she let out a small sighed as she opened the door wider.
"You really need to read this hospital protocol, Eli." Nico said with a scowl on her face as she leaned her side on the door frame. "No visitors are allowed after 6 PM."
The blonde girl, Eli let out a small chuckled and answered without turning her face towards Nico direction. "I am never really good with this hospital protocol."
"I can see that." Nico said as she stepped into the room and walked closer to Eli who was sitting right in front of the hospital bed. The blonde girl eyes looked a little bit sad as she looked at the laying girl on the bed who has many wires attached on her body and wearing an oxygen mask.
The beep sounds from the heart monitor that was placed right beside the bed was the only sounds that filled the room for a while as the two girls are looking at the laying girl with sad looking eyes before Eli decided to break the silent, "What are you doing here Nico? Visiting Maki?"
Nico let out a small huffed, "Obviously, that girl really need me to take care of her. She didn't come home for dinner and if I know her well, which I really do, she is skipping her dinner because she's too busy working her stuff."
"That's Maki for you." Eli said with a small chuckled.
"I can't believe that she's actually a doctor you know, not to mention a really well known and talented doctor. I mean seriously, she hardly take care of herself."
"You shouldn't say that, Maki is the best neurosurgeon in Japan you know?"
Nico let out a small huffed again as she folded her arms on her chest, "What's the good in that? Because of that our time together are become lesser and if she really is she need to take care of herself and not to depend on me." Nico then looked down on the ground as she gave out a small sighed, "Afterall, I can't be at her side forever."
"Nico…"
"I'm not talking about that you know, I was just saying what is in my mind. Afterall, I really can't be by her side forever-"
"I'm sorry. It's all because of me." Eli said, cutting the raven hair girl words.
"Don't say that." Nico warned with a stern voice as she looked at Eli right on her eyes, "It's my decision to go back, not yours."
"But-"
Nico glared at Eli, "Eli, Nozomi is my best friend and I will definitely do anything to find out who is the one who make her like this." Nico said as she looked at the laying girl on the bed with a determined looked on her eyes. "Even if that means I will have to go back to that organization."
"What about Maki?" Eli asked.
"She still believes that I am working my way to be an idol like I used to do." Nico answered with a small smile on her face, "She's too innocent for her own good."
"I'm really sorry that you have to lie to Maki for me."
"Stop saying sorry or I will really make you feel sorry when I break your arm." Nico said in a warned tone of voice as she looked at Eli with glared. "Beside it's not you who makes me lied to her. Our relationship afterall started with a lie. If she ever knows that I'm nothing like what she thought of me all this time…"
"Nico…" Eli looked at her friend.
"Enough being sappy," Nico snapped as she looked at the blonde hair girl, "Have you got more information since the last one?"
Eli shook her head, "Sadly no. Apparently this group is really good at hiding. Their name, Shadow, are not for just a display."
"They can't hide forever. We will get them one day." Nico said with a determined voice as she clenched her fist tightly.
"We will." Eli said in a determined voice too before she stood up from her seat, "I need to go now."
"Work?" Nico asked as she arched her eyebrows.
"Yes." Eli answered before she leaned down and kiss Nozomi's forehead in a soft longing kiss. There is something in the way Eli kissed Nozomi forehead that makes the moment looked more intimate than it was and Nico feel the urge to look away as her cheeks burned in red.
"G-Geez…" Nico said, "Now she makes me miss Maki more than ever."
"See you later Nico." Eli said as she gave a small smile towards Nico who only huffed and folded her arms on her chest again.
"Just go and make sure to take care of yourself."
"I will." Eli answered before she walked out from the room leaving Nico alone with Nozomi.
Nico let out another sighed as she looked at Nozomi and with a small smiled she whispered, "You better wake up soon okay? We really need you right now. Especially Eli, she need someone to take care of her and no one else can do that aside of you."
Nico then looked at the lunch box on her hand and gave a small smile, she need to hurry up and give the food to Maki or the young doctor will starve herself. That and she really miss her girlfriend than ever, she wants to cherish her time with her girlfriend as long as she can as no one knows what the future hold.
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That night Umi can't help but feel something wrong are gonna happen. She can't help but feeling restlessly and fidgeting almost every minute. People once told her that she can't trust her instinct just like that but experience told her otherwise. So after a few minutes complimenting about what to do, she finally get up from her bed and walked out her room with one destination on her mind. Her mistress room. She at least needs to make sure that her feelings are wrong before she can rest.
The moment Umi walked out from the room, she quickly feel something wrong definitely happen as she didn't see any guards patrolling the mansion hallway and the mansion was surprisingly so silent. Usually eventhough it was midnight, the mansion wouldn't be this quiet as some maids will running around the mansion and trying to finish their jobs or waiting if Kotori need something in the middle of the night.
Umi quickly pulled out her gun that she's been hiding on her back behind her pajamas shirt and cautiously walked towards Kotori's room. She's trying to make sure that with every step she made, she won't make any noise that can make someone notice her presence.
The more step she taken towards Kotori's room, the more obvious it is to her that something definitely wrong. Her heart now beating really hard that she afraid it will be loud enough for someone to hear and notice her present but more than that, she's afraid that Kotori will be in a great danger. Eversince Kotori is a little girl, many people already tried to assassinate or kidnapped her and Umi definitely doesn't want that to happen to Kotori.
When Umi finally reached Kotori's room, her eyes went wide in a surprise and horror when she saw the sight of two bodyguards that was placed by Mr. Minami to protect Kotori laying on the ground lifelessly and the door of Kotori's room are opened widely.
Not caring to be stealth or anything anymore, Umi quickly went into a dash as she barged into Kotori's room and her heart nearly stopped when she saw Kotori sitting on the floor with eyes wide in afraid and surprise while right in front of her a blonde girl wearing a traditional fox mask pointing a gun right on Kotori's face.
"Kotori-sama!" Umi shouted making Kotori and the blonde girl turned their attention towards her.
Umi didn't waste any time as she quickly pulled the trigger of her gun the moment the blonde hair girl turned her attention towards her who in a swift movements dodge it and shot her own gun towards Umi who now running as fast as she could towards the blonde girl all while dodging the bullets and shooting her gun towards the blonde.
Umi quickly throw a kick towards the blonde hair girl hand when she was close enough sending away the gun in the blonde hair girl hand to the ground. Unfortunately for her when she thought that she got a upper hand, the blonde hair girl quickly grab Umi right wrist which is holding the gun and preventing her to pointed the gun towards her.
"Umi-chan!" Kotori shouted worriedly as she looked at the two girls in front of her fighting each other.
The blonde girl successfully making Umi let her gun go as she putted so much pressure on Umi wrist and once the gun fell to the ground, the blonde hair girl quickly kick the gun away and that was when Umi knows that now it all matters into their stamina and how well they know martial arts.
Umi throw a punch towards the blonde hair girl who swiftly dodge the attack and send her own fist towards Umi stomach, making the bluenette girl face wrenched in pain and Kotori shouted, the blonde hair girl not stop at that, she quickly gave an upper cut jab towards Umi's jaw making the bluenette girl fell down on the floor with a loud thud.
"She's good…" Umi thought as she looked dazedly at the blonde hair girl who now standing right in front of her. She then gave a quick glanced towards Kotori direction who looked at her with teary concerned eyes and gave the heiress a small reassuring smiled before turn her eyes towards the blonde hair girl once again. "But I can't lose. I have to make sure Kotori save."
With a new determination on Umi's mind she then quickly grab the blonde hair girl right foot when she tried to kick the former and with a loud shouted she pulled the leg up, making the blonde hair girl fell into the floor.
Umi quickly went to the blonde hair girl, sitting on her stomach and sending a few punches right on the girl masked face. Making the mask crack from the impact before it was flew away when Umi putted more power in her punch, revealing pair of beautiful azure eyes who looking at her directly.
"Dammit." Umi heard the blonde hair girl muttered angrily before she quickly shoved Umi away and making their position reverse with Umi now on the ground while she sit on Umi's stomach. "You really are something." The blonde hair girl said in a voice above whispered that makes Umi not really sure if it was all in her imagination or not, before the girl sending hard powerful punches towards Umi face.
"UMI-CHAN!" Kotori shouted almost desperately and hopelessly. The young heiress wants to get up and shoved the blonde hair girl away Umi but the pleading looked that Umi gave to her when they locked eyes to each other between the punches the blonde hair girl gave to the bluenette stopping her.
"I really don't have time for this." Eli said as she looked at Umi's bruised and bloody face and wiped the blood in the corner of her mouth. The bluenette girl looked like she's unconscious or probably dead, not that it all matter to her but when Eli decide to stand up and leaving Umi so she can finished her job, a hand shot up and gripping on her wrist tightly. Not allowing her to move.
"D-Don't… D-Don't you dare." Umi said in a croaked voice as she gave Eli a glared. "I-I won't allow you…"
"U-Umi-chan…" Kotori softly said between her sobs, "Stop… please… just stop… Umi-chan…"
Eli azure eyes twinkling in surprised and amusement, "You really should just lay down pretending to be dead and let me kill your mistress." Eli said, "That way you probably can be alive."
"I-I won't allow you t-to touch K-Kotori." Umi answered, "I-If you touch even a st-strand of her hair… I-I will kill you."
"And how will you do that?" Eli asked now clearly with an amuse tone of voice, "You are a dead case already." And to prove her point, Eli threw another punch on Umi face, making the bluenette girl coughed blood.
However, much to Eli surprised the bluenette girl hold on her wrist is not weaken up, instead it was tighter than before if that even possible.
"I-I won't let you…" Umi said in a voice above whispered.
"Umi-chan!" Kotori shouted, finally can't endure it anymore as she run towards the two girls and with all of her power that she can mustered, she pushed the Eli away from Umi much to the blonde hair girl surprised as she never expected the young heiress will run towards them much more push her away. She, afterall, can easily kill her with the distance like this.
"K-Kotori… go… d-don't…" Umi said in concern, obviously she also realized that Eli can kill the young heiress in a mere second if the blonde hair girl reach out her hands.
Eli looked at the pair of girls in front of her with many mixed emotions in her mind. This is the first time she saw something like this. A young heiress put herself in danger just to save someone who is just probably a mere bodyguard and a bodyguard who really will do anything to save her mistress. Even in the obviously almost dead state of her, Umi still tried to protect Kotori.
"How can I go if you're like this Umi-chan!" Kotori shouted while tears flow down from her eyes towards Umi's bruised and bloody cheek as she quickly gathered the battered Umi in her arms and hug her tightly but not too tight so the bluenette girl won't feel any pain. She then looked up straightly at Eli azure eyes and softly whisper, "Please… stop hurting Umi-chan…"
"K-Kotori… please just go." Umi said as she positioned her body to shield the young heiress. Umi eyes looked at Eli with full determination as if conveying her feelings that if she wants to kill Kotori or just touch her, Eli will have to kill the bluenette first.
And in that split second, Eli saw that instead of Kotori and Umi who were right now in front of her, it were her and Nozomi.
Eli quickly shook her head, trying to get the invading memories away from her head before she once again gave a stern gaze towards the two girls who looked at her with different kind of emotions in their eyes yet at the same time showing the same thing.
Determination.
Determination to save the one they loved.
"If you want to kill me, just kill me." Kotori said with determined voice, "Just let Umi-chan go!"
"N-No, do-don't Kotori…" Umi said struggling in Kotori embraced.
"It's really going to be easy to kill you both right now." Eli began and she can see how both of the girl stiffened up at that.
"I-I won't let you." Umi said and with all of her strength she pushed herself away from Kotori embrace and shielding the young heiress completely.
"Forget it." Eli said suddenly, making both of the girls widened their eyes. She then walked towards where her mask was flew away and bent down, picking it up before she put the mask again on her face.
"Consider yourself lucky." Eli said, "I lost all my will to kill you tonight, but let me tell you that the next time we met again… I will end your mistress life and probably yours too if you keep standing in my way bodyguard-san."
Eli then walked towards the window and with one last glanced towards the two girls, she leapt out from the window, leaving them all alone.
A/N: Hi guys, I'm really happy that you guys like this story and that makes me worry what if I let you guys down with how the story progress but I will do my best for write the story and I hope you guys will stay with me until the end of the story.
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