"You sure it was a good idea letting the two of them go? Revy didn't seem to be in the mood for company." Benny asked.
"When does Revy ever seem like she's in the mood for company? Besides, her and Rock have been developing a good rapport, I think it's good for her to have someone she's comfortable with." Dutch replied.
"You think you can make a call like that for someone like Revy?"
"Someone needs to. It's not like she'll be waving those guns of hers around when she's 60. She needs to find something real some day."
"And you think that something is gonna be Rock?"
"Who knows? He's as good a guy as any and they seem to compliment or at least tolerate each other for the most part."
"I guess."
Dutch smiled, "C'mon Benny boy, have a little faith."
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Rock and Revy walked through the market in search of the man Chang's men had seen when they came upon one of Chang's own assassins; Shenhua.
"Agh fuck." Revy groaned at seeing her rival.
Shenhua turned with one of her blades at the ready, "Oh is you stupid whore."
"Yes is me." Revy replied with a heavy mocking accent.
"Have you seen the Italian guy boss Chang told us about?" Rock asked.
"Dai-lo Chang refuse to sell him anything, make him very mad. He go to church for guns." Shenhua replied.
"And when was that?" Revy asked.
"Hour ago. He probably coming for you soon. If I was you I'd get to hiding."
"Thanks." Rock replied as he turned to walk back towards the office.
"Where the fuck are you going?" Revy asked.
"If he's going to come looking for us then we should get back to the office; that's probably where he'll turn up."
They took to the narrow corridors to stay out of sight as they headed back to the office. As they walked, Revy turned to Rock every now and again, "He's gonna get himself fuckin' killed out here."
She decided to play the polite card for a change, "You should go ahead Rock. I'll wait for this guy."
"What?! No, you came to Japan to help me, I owe you Revy. I'm not going to leave you alone."
"You don't owe me anything Rock, I volunteered to come to Japan remember? Besides, out here you'll just be a walking bullseye and the last thing I need today is for you to get shot."
Rock put up with a lot of abuse from Revy. Most of the time he could just push it aside but today was proving to be quite an odd day. He really did mean the kind things he had said to her earlier, but it didn't change the fact that every now and again, he felt the need to stand up for himself.
"Why do you always assume I'm just going to be dead weight?" He asked calmly.
"Well it's not like you've got anything to offer in a gunfight. You're not carrying a gun, you've never shot a gun, you probably wouldn't even know how to use a gun if you had too." Revy replied.
"That's not true! I've watched you use those cutlass of yours for months now. I know I've never used a gun but I'm sure I'd be able to."
"That's really great Rock. Point is you're not fucking carrying so right now, all you are is a target with a pulse."
Rock turned prepared to unload on her, but as she came into view, he saw a man had not only been following them but had raised a gun to the back of Revy's head without either of them noticing. His eyes opened wide and he quickly pushed Revy out of the way of the gun. Unfortunately it put him directly in the gun's path.
He quickly raised his hands and just as the gun fired, Rock managed to push the barrel straight up. The man promptly kicked Rock in the chest knocking him back while Revy had just come to see what was happening. She drew her cutlass and opened fire. The Italian quickly took cover behind a garbage container just a few feet away.
Rock got to his feet and saw that the Italian would be distracted when Revy called out to him, "Get the fuck out of here Rock! I'll deal with this shit!"
Shrugging her off completely, Rock snuck around the alley.
"Revy 'Two-Hands' I presume?" The man called from behind the dumpster as he and Revy reloaded.
"That's Rebecca to you fucker!" Revy replied.
The man smiled as he clicked the slide lock chambering a round, "My mistake. So Rebecca, what would you like on your tombstone?"
"How about here lies a stupid Italian?" Rock replied from behind the man.
As he turned, Rock unleashed all of his rage from his earlier argument with Revy, through his fist directly onto the Italian's jaw.
The man's body flew out from behind the dumpster, his gun falling at Rock's feet. At seeing the man break cover, Revy immediately drew her cutlass on him but didn't shoot just yet.
"Are you alright Revy?" Rock asked as he kicked the man's gun beneath the dumpster.
She got to her feet, dusted herself off and replied, "Yeah I'm fine."
She walked over to Rock and cross-holstered the gun in her left hand keeping the gun in her right focused on the Italian. They advanced on him as he backed himself up against a wall in the alley looking very foolish.
Rock extended his hand towards Revy and asked, "Revy, your cutlass."
She remembered their conversation from just a few moments earlier, though having been saved by Rock she was quite humbled, "Rockā¦"
She attempted to reason with him but while she had been humbled by the transgression, Rock was enraged and his temper was instantly lost. He cut her off with every bit of the same rage she typically displayed, "Gimme a fucking gun!"
Hey look! There's a shock, jm wrote a short last chapter, that almost never happens :( Anyway, if you made it this far, I hope you enjoyed it.
If you haven't checked out my other stories, hopefully this gave you the bump to. I doubt it, but I can hope can't I?
Thank you Gun for giving this a read-through for me ;)
