Mizutsuki stirred and she opened her eyes. She realized that she was strapped to a wooden chair in some sort of torture chamber. It also looked like a science lab, because there were a bunch of chemicals and medicines and syringes and beakers lined up against the wall. The whole place was giving her déjà vu.

Or to be exact, she knew precisely where she had seen the same things. But she didn't want to remember it. She didn't want to admit she know where these things had appeared to her before.


Konatsu had been a lost child ever since he started to have memories. According to the sister who had taken care of him at church, he was found on the steps of the building when he was barely one day old. He grew up there at the church; he made friends with the other children. He often didn't get enough food because the church was poor, but he never complained. He was grateful for what he had.

But then there came all the evil. One day, a pyromaniac dumped gasoline all over the church's roof and set the building on fire. Konatsu was the only survivor of the fire, but the burning flames had left a permanent scar on his torso. He wondered the streets and starved, craving for the happy days to come back. His clear eyes turned dark and murky as he realized that those days were never going to come back.

And one day, a man stopped his car as he passed where he was sitting on the road. The man had stepped out of the fancy car and stood in front of him. He offered Konatsu his hand and asked if he wanted to come with him. Half of the man's face was wrapped up in bandages, but he was handsome. Konatsu didn't know why, but he had taken his hand. The man pulled him up and let him got onto his car. He introduced himself as Randall Espada, the head of one of the leading mafia families. He told him that he admired the look in his eyes and asked if he wanted to become a killer.

Konatsu, having no will to live in the world and didn't give a damn to anything anymore, had agreed. From that day after, he was dressed by servants and was given proper education. He took professional sniping lessons and learned the skills of swordsmanship and art of poisoning, everything it took to become a killer. He was thankful to Randall for giving him his second life and he admired him as a father.

He would give his everything for him.


"I got her, father." Konatsu reported to his master. "The woman you've been chasing after for years."

Randall nodded. "That's my son." He motioned for Konatsu to come over and he ruffled his hair. "I'm proud of you."

Konatsu was blooming flowers inside and he was filled with warmth of happiness. "Thank you, father." He said.

Randall nodded and sighed deeply. "Finally, I can get back at her for doing this to me…" He touched the bandages that covered half his face.

"What shall we do to her first?" Konatsu asked. "Is it really fine to leave her without supervision?"

Randall nodded. "Yes, I improved the abilities of my chains especially for her. Her acids shall never melt through my conjured chains. She shall be chained there forever until I wish to let her go myself, of course, that will never happen."

Konatsu nodded. "I understand. But I still think that it's wiser for me to keep a watch on her."

"Do as you please, my son. But remember one thing, she's mine. Do not touch her."

"I won't."


Mizutsuki tried to gather her aura to melt the chains binding her, but it didn't budge. "No way in hell…" She mumbled. "No way in hell this is happening…"

This isn't the chain guy. If it was the chain guy, I'd be dead like Uvo and Paku already. Or I'd be exiled like Danchou. There's only one other person who can conjure chains like this that I know about but he's dead, I killed him, it's impossible... But as the great Kogami* says, when something impossible happens, there are only two possibilities: Either your assumptions are wrong or you have gone crazy.

The door of the torture chamber opened and a young boy who was in his mid to late teens stepped in. He had an average height and average build. Mizutsuki estimated for him to be about 5 foot 7 inches and about fifty kg. He had messy brown hair with a long fringe which parted at the sides and dark brown eyes behind his frameless glasses. He still had a childish, youthful face which the roundness hadn't disappeared from yet. But his gaze was dead and cold like a corpse.

"Are you the one who shot me in the head and knocked me out?" Mizutsuki asked.

The boy nodded. "I'm Konatsu."

"I'm Mizutsuki." She introduced herself. "I believe that you already know me."

"Yes." Konatsu nodded as he pulled a chair over and sat down. "Father told me all about you; his whole life is bent on destroying you after what you've done to him."

"Father? You don't look like Randall at all." She decided to poke, to make sure that she wasn't mad.

Konatsu pushed his glasses back into place. "I'm his adopted son." He replied.

"Apparently so." Mizutsuki shrugged. "I thought that I killed him though." I'm not mad, my assumptions were wrong from the start. He wasn't dead…

"You didn't." Konatsu answered. "You only destroyed half his face and his left arm. He is still alive and he craves revenge on you."

"Did he know that I was coming to Hills? Was he waiting for me?" Mizutsuki asked.

Konatsu shook his head. "No. I saw you and your partner at the internet café by chance and I immediately recognized you to be father's enemy. I overheard that you were searching for the book Chapter Black and that you were going to scout the mansion."

"I have a question." Mizutsuki said. "I thought that Randall's last name was Espada, not Oak?"

"That is just an alias for him." Konatsu answered. "My official last name is Oak though; it was given to me by the sister. It's pure coincidence that my last name and father's alias is the same."

"Sister… You're an orphan?"

"Yes." Konatsu nodded. "Father took me in and gave me education after the church burned down. I will do anything for him."

Mizutsuki snorted. "Some father complex…"

Konatsu stood up abruptly and grabbed for a scalpel on the shelf. He strode over and was about to stab it in her eye. He stopped when the scalpel was an inch from her. "No." He shook his head. "I will not kill you nor do anything to you. Father said that I cannot harm you."

"I will say this." Mizutsuki took a deep breath. "Randall deserved everything that happened to him and I do not regret what I have done. Do you know what kind of man he really is?"

Konatsu shook his head. "I do not care for such little details." He said. "To me, he is my honorable father and nothing more."

"But do you know?" Mizutsuki raised an eyebrow. "Do you know what kind of man he was?"

Konatsu hesitated and then shook his head. "No."

"Do you want me to tell you?"

He shook his head again. "No."

Konatsu walked out of the room. Mizutsuki snorted. "You're gonna regret your ignorance, Konatsu…" She muttered. And then she realized that Konatsu somehow looked like a grown-up version of Kagami, her little nephew and her Dark Matter sister Hannah's son. Or maybe even the male version of herself.


"How many times do we have to repeat that we don't know who or why that kidnapped Mizutsuki?" Killua protested. "Let us go!"

"That the same as what you said last time." Feitan pointed out. "And look at what happened."

"I mean it!" Killua screamed in exasperation. Dammit… even with the two of us and our upgraded abilities, we're still too weak to fight them!

Gon nodded. "Mizutsuki… Mizutsuki, I think she saved me from being attacked. She said that she was covering me. She pushed me out of the way and she took a bullet in her head. After that some guy took her away."

"What did the person look like?" Shalnark asked.

Gon racked his brains. "I-I can't remember." He said. "I think he had brown or black hair with glasses, I'm not sure."

"Well, Mizu did say that she didn't think that it was them who leaked the message." Machi admitted. "I don't think it's them either."

"Well, the only way to know for sure is to go into that Oak mansion ourselves." Nobunaga muttered. "But do we want to risk it? Although Machi's intuitions are nearly always correct, it is still, intuition."

Feitan nodded. "It's weird that she isn't back here yet too." He mumbled. "Breaking through restrains and destroying stuff is her specialty, isn't it?"

"It is." Phinks nodded. "What is a restrain that she couldn't break through?"

"Chain guy." Nobunaga deadpanned. "First Uvo, Danchou, Paku, and now Mizutsuki. It must be him."

"No it isn't!" Killua protested. "Kurapica isn't even near Hills."

"Prove it." Machi said.

Killua pulled out his phone and dialed. "Hey Kurapica, where are you right now?" He asked.

"I'm at the main Nostra house currently." A cool voice answered and it immediately lit up the fires of hate in the members'' hearts. In the background the sound of a bratty girl wailing could be heard and Melody and Basho was trying to calm her down. "Why?"

"No, I just saw someone that looked a lot like you in the market and wanted to confirm if it was you or not." Killua laughed but his expression was murderous at the Ryodan members. "Bye."

Gon nodded at the members. "See? It's not Kurapica!"

The members exchanged glances. "Okay…" Shalnark nodded slowly. "So who is it?"

"We shouldn't just go barging into the mansion." Phinks said. "We should split up into teams. One to steal the book and one to help that bitch."

"It's also possible that she's not back here yet because she's trying to locate the book." Nobunaga said.

"But do we let these kids wonder about free too?" Machi asked. "They could be warning those who took Mizu away for all we know."

Gon shook his head. "We won't." He said.

Killua stared at him. "Hey, Gon…" He started but Gon cut him off.

"Mizutsuki saved me." Gon said. "I won't betray her or you guys, at least in this case. Just let Killua and I leave, please."

Gon's clear eyes as he said this made the members believe him. But Shalnark shook his head. "No we can't." He said. "At least not until we find the guy to took her. You're the only one who saw his face. We need you to find him."

"Eh?" Gon was dumbfounded.

"Gon, don't!" Killua cried. "They're Kurapica's enemies. You can't help them."

Gon wasn't listening. "Okay." He told Shalnark. "I'll help you, but not because I want to, it's just because I don't want to owe anything to you guys."

"Hmph." Feitan turned away. "Brat…"


"Is she awake now?" Randall asked as Konatsu entered the room again.

Konatsu nodded. "Yes, she is."

"How is she?"

"Nice and alive, with a hot attitude."

Randall looked amused. "Oh really? She was the coldest person on Earth as far as I remembered. Ah, yes, like a perfect crystal ice sculpture. She had a queen's attitude and she seemed to have all men stepped under her foot. You'd want to taint her black."

Konatsu raised an eyebrow. "I don't find her as appealing as you describe her, father."

"Silly boy, it isn't her looks or her figure that makes men crazy, it's her attitude. You just want to crush her high, cold attitude in your hands and make her cry…" Randall's expression became a dark smile of fury. He gripped the armrests of his seat. "That bitch…! Now I have her, I will definitely make her regret and cry for what she has done to me!"

Konatsu nodded. "I will do anything for you, father." He said. "Give your command and I'm at your beckon call."

Randall nodded. "Good boy…" He ruffled Konatsu's hair. "But I have no uses for you anymore. You can go die now."

Konatsu blinked. "What did you just say? Father?"

Randall smiled. "I said, you can go die now. I have no further uses for you anymore. I only kept you by my side all these years because you reminded me of her with your face. I used you to keep my hate for her burning. To be honest, you make me sick, and you were so loyal to me like a dog." He let out a bark of laughter. "So please, Konatsu, do yourself and I a favor and go die now. I don't wanna see you or your face ever again."

Konatsu felt like his world was spinning. What was his father saying to him? No, he must be hearing it wrong. Father… hates him? No way! He saved him from starvation on the streets and trained him and gave him education… He loved him… and he loved him too. No way… father was asking him to go die now? He had hated him all along? He only kept him beside him because he reminded him of Mizutsuki? He had been used as a tool all along? No…no…

Konatsu turned around and stumbled out of the room silently. Randall smirked. "Good dog…" He murmured.

The boy's head was still spinning in thoughts.

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Father… hated me? All along?

Drops of tears slid down Konatsu's cheek and he slumped down on a chair in his room. To him, Randall, his father, was his everything. And now he was told that his father never loved him and in fact, he hated him. He had been told that he had been used as a tool all these years. He had been betrayed by the man he loved and respected the most.

Konatsu pulled a revolver out of its pouch which was strapped onto his pelt. He placed it against his temple. His hand was shaking and his finger was on the trigger.

A shot was fired, but the bullet buried itself in a decorative mirror instead. He couldn't pull it against himself. Konatsu gasped and fell to his knees. He hugged himself. "No…no…no…"

And then he remembered what Mizutsuki asked him. Do you know what kind of man he is?

I know now… Konatsu thought bitterly and stood up. He brushed the tears off his cheeks and walked towards the room where Mizutsuki was held.

Konatsu entered the room again and Mizutsuki looked up. "I heard a gunshot." She said. "Who was it directed at?"

"Me." Konatsu answered curtly.

Mizutsuki noticed the tear streaks down his cheek. "So it seems like you know now." She said. "You learned the truth sooner than I thought. Randall switches attitudes like sluts switches boyfriends."

Konatsu nodded. "He only had me beside him because I reminded him of you. He said that we looked alike."

Mizutsuki shrugged. "Somewhat I guess. You look like my alter ego Suigetsu more actually."

Konatsu frowned. "What?"

"My alter ego." Mizutsuki explained. "It's like me, but not me. It's me after I eat the Hormone Cookie of Greed Island and change into the opposite gender."

Konatsu shook his head. "I'm not following you."

Mizutsuki rolled her eyes. "Whatever. So what are you doing here? Lemme guess, Randall told you to go die but you couldn't pull the trigger against yourself. And then you came to me in search of comfort and advice for what to do with your pitiful life now?"

"That is half correct." Konatsu said. "I came to free you."

Mizutsuki almost couldn't believe her ears. "Are you serious?" She asked.

Konatsu nodded. "Yes, I see your side of the story now. I will help you escape. But you must promise me one thing." He walked over to her and held up a key. "When the time comes, it must be me who shoots a hole through his head."

"Pffft…" Mizutsuki snorted. "I'm sorry, but that won't be much of a bargain. It just won't work."

"Why?" Konatsu frowned. "I know that you may be a criminal, but you still value promises and have your own sense of justice."

"No, it's just that I'm already free." Mizutsuki pulled out her hands from the back of the chair and stood up. "See?"

Konatsu stared at her in disbelief. "H-How…?" He stammered.

"I've dealt with chains enough times." Mizutsuki laughed halfheartedly. "I remember these chains, seems like he added more abilities to them. Anti-me abilities. But sadly, I'm not the only one who trained and added new variations to my abilities."

"Um…" Konatsu wasn't sure of what to say.

Mizutsuki stretched her body and her joints cracked. "Well then, Konatsu-chan, I need you to answer a question of mine. Where is Chapter Black? I know that it's in this house somewhere."

"Chapter Black?" Konatsu echoed. Konatsu-chan? "It's in the private library of fathe—I mean Randall—I think."

Mizutsuki smiled. "Will you show me the place Konatsu-chan?"

"Sure, onee-chan…"

They turned around for the door but the door was thrown open suddenly before they reached it. Randall Espada stood in front of them with all his bandaged glory and pointed a revolver against Mizutsuki's forehead and a knife against Konatsu's throat. Mizutsuki scowled.

"Two of my most hated faces in front of me at the same time!" Randall laughed hysterically. "One of you is going to die now, who is it? Choose."

Mizutsuki forced a grim smile onto her face. "You still that same asshole, Randall; I don't miss you at all."

"I missed you dearly though. I drives me insane thinking about you every night. I can't wait to crush that attitude of yours." Randall smiled. "Choose, which of you is gonna die right now?"

"Neither." Mizutsuki breathed and shoved her claws into his stomach. The man fell backwards but the revolver fired.


OMAKE TIME


Dark Continent Arc Scene 3: The Fifth Option Is Always the Best Option

"One: Pariston; Two: Ging. Decide right now which of the two of you is leaving...!"

Ging cracked his neck. "I'll take choice three."

"Ah?"

Pariston shook his head. "No... I'll go with four..."

"What?"

"And at last, Ging-san, you've finally gotten in the mood." Pariston said. "So I would really like it if you don't interfere..."

"Three: All of you will leave!" Ging exclaimed.

"Four: All of you will die!" Pariston said. "Right?"

"And five," Mizutsuki added. "All of you go fuck yourselves."

The assassin scowled. "Then I'll choose option six..." A machine gun appeared in his hands. "BOTH OF YOU – plus the girl, whatever her name is – WILL DIE!"

"Hey! I included these two guys in option five too!" Mizutsuki whined while pointing at Ging and Pariston.

"MIZU-CHAN!" Pariston cried in a protesting wail.

"YOU BITCH!" Ging shouted indignantly.


You can tell that I was bored while writing this chapter (Madness mantra hahaha). Anyways, I now formally introduce to you two new OCs, Konatsu and Randall. I have the character design for Konatsu on my Tumblr and DeviantArt but I don't wanna draw Randall because I don't like him. And I'm gonna announce here that there'd be a lot of implied stuff in this story, let's see if you can spot them or not.

And c'mon guys! Only 4 reviews for two chapters!? I expected better of you! Review!

Kogami* : A character from Psycho Pass (Super hot too), I just liked the quote :D