As Shigure and Mukuro went back to their hideout, they both went to the lab to look at the weapon.
"Since you wanted to see the weapon so much..." Shigure said as he unlocked the pod's code. The door swung open again and two large, circular eyes glowed bright blue as it awakened. As fog spilled all over the floor, the creature took three heavy steps out of its pod, breathing heavily through its gas mask. The creature towered over Shigure and Mukuro, surprisingly a bit taller than both of them. The blue creature turned to Shigure.
"How may I assist you today?" It spoke in a rough but smooth tone in its voice.
"A frog?... Is this all the government's doing nowadays? This is ridiculous." Mukuro rolled her eyes. "Why would it be attracted to Koyuki?" She asked.
"Well that's exactly what I'm trying to figure out. But first he needs some calibrations.. Come with me, D66."
Shigure ordered the creature known as, D66 and led him away into a separate room. Before Shigure left, he turned to Mukuro.
"Make sure you get prepared for another heist tonight.." He glared and left.
Mukuro nodded and turned away to leave. She sighed and looked at the device attached to her arm and quickly texted a message to Koyuki's cell phone.
During Koyuki's lunch period, she spent her usual time on top of the school's roof, not up to eating with her friends. She felt like she didn't fit in with other girls, and she knew it. The girls would always talk about sleepovers, make up, and... Boys. All she knew what to talk about was something too secretive to even speak of. She sighed and hung on the rail at the edge of the roof from her knees, staring at the sky. She zoned out as she stared at the atmosphere, the slight breeze blowing her bangs to the side. She soon snapped back to reality when she heard her friend yell from surprise.
"K-Koyuki-chan! What are you doing?!"
Koyuki sat up quickly and saw Natsumi. She laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her neck.
"Nothing to worry about, Natsumi-san... Heheh.."
"My goodness, you almost gave me a heart attack.." Natsumi sighed from relief and looked at Koyuki.
"Just letting you know we should go back inside." She smiled and hitched her thumb at the door.
Koyuki nodded and went through the door, not saying a word. Natsumi even wondered what goes on in her mind, but didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable.
Koyuki heard her phone go off in the hallway and looked at the message.
"Koyuki. I'm picking you up early.
-Mukuro"
Koyuki sighed and closed her cell phone as she understood the message.
"Are you alright Koyuki?.." Natsumi asked.
"Yeah everything's fine." She pulled a fake smile you couldn't tell from an actual smile. Koyuki was secretly skilled at acting, in case of being captured or tricking someone. Natsumi smiled, believing she'll be ok for the time being.
"That's good to hear."
Koyuki's name was soon called from the intercom.
"Oh.. I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Natsumi. Bye~" Koyuki smiled and left.
Koyuki met Mukuro in the school office and told her to come with her for her "doctor's appointment". They both left the area and brought Koyuki to a secret passage to their hideout.
"C'mon. We can't be late for this."
"I thought it was tonight?..." Koyuki complained.
"Since when do we ever prepare at night? You know the drill." Mukuro snapped at her and quickly changed into her ninja attire. "So, Shigure said we might use that weapon soon." She explained.
Koyuki's eyes lit up and looked at Mukuro. "What is the weapon, exactly?" She asked. Mukuro glared at Koyuki.
"You're gonna have to wait and see it."
The sun began to set as time passed, and Koyuki was on the roof after everything was planned. She looked at the sunset and removed her visors to get an actual sight at the beautiful blend of colors. Soon she heard heavy steps advancing to her. She stood up and turned around, but nothing was there. She looked around and still didn't sense anything. Koyuki shrugged it off and sat back down.
Little did she know, from behind the roof entrance was the frog creature they stole. He looked at her from afar, wanting to confront her, but felt to intimated to do so. After debating for a while, the creature left Koyuki alone and went to roam somewhere else in the city.
Hours later, it wasn't much of a heist as Koyuki thought. Just more petty stealing to meet their wages. Two semi trucks drove down the street the shinobi were hiding around. If this was actually something worth their while, they'd take what's inside the carts. Something like drugs? Less likely.. Too dishonorable for them. Riches like precious metals or just mere supplies? Definitely.
Koyuki and Mukuro were signalled to stop the drivers. They both nodded and ran from building to building and hopped on separate trucks. Both of them drilled a small hole in the carts and slipped a spy cam into the compartments to see what was inside. Koyuki looked at the screen on her holopad and saw loads of advanced technology that could be put to their own use. Mukuro found out the same thing and went for the theft. Koyuki climbed to the passenger's side of the truck and peeked through the window quickly. She saw both men armed with military grade weapons. She sighed and opened the passager's door to get their attention. As soon as the man looked out the door, Koyuki grabbed the guy by the arm and threw him out, keeping the gun for herself. The driver's attention was toward his missing partner. He growled and held his gun up as he heard thumping on the roof of the truck. The driver took the chance and fired three shots above him.
Things were quiet for a moment then suddenly, Koyuki cut a hole in the roof of the truck, wrapped a rope dart around his neck and yanked him out of the seat. She threw his body on the side of the road and jumped in to take control of the truck. She activated her GPS and drove a different route to the hideout.
"Great job Koyuki."
Koyuki heard Mukuro through her ear piece and sighed in relief, knowing her friend is alive.
When they got to the hideout, Koyuki was relived to rest for the night as other shinobi unloaded the goods. She then felt that same stalked feeling and looked at the different roofs of buildings. She shrugged it off again and went inside.
Those same glowing blue eyes stalked Koyuki once more as the frog creature looked at her. He shouldn't be out of his pod unauthorized, but had this itch to just watch over this certain ninja. The frog creature sneaked back inside the shinobi building and slipped back into his pod to rest
