Chapter Three
He's a WHAT?!
For the next couple of days, Aoi stuck awfully close to me. Every time I would walk at least a foot away from him, he'd jump in with a "HIIIIIIII Ruth, how's your day?" And the stupidest fake smile you had ever seen. It all started when (queue flashback)
"Tell my cousin to get his butt over here," I said into the phone. I tried not to laugh in amusement as Aoi made choking sounds.
"C-COUSIN?"
"Yes, it's all true; now tell him where the hell my house is!"
"S-Sure…" He hung up the phone. An hour later the door was slammed open by none other than my beautiful gorilla of a cousin. He burst in, saw me, and was there in .5 seconds.
"Ruth!" He yelled, scooping me up in the most deadly bear hug you could ever feel. I choked and spluttered in his ear,
"Put. Me. Down. Or. You. Die,"
He complied.
My cousin was a big, burly man (really my age, fourteen, but he looked in his twenties,) with brown hair that curled around his forehead and tan skin, which complimented his ice-blue eyes. I always wanted his eyes. Mine were brown, the dullest brown ever, so I could tend to get a little jealous.
"I missed you!" I yelled, hugging him in a gentler way. He looked at me in concern after I pulled back.
"You know weird girl-boy?" He asked. Yes. I forgot to mention that he was Russian. He didn't speak much English, "Weird girl-boy call you when I ask him for directions,"
I laughed, patting his shoulder, "It's okay. That weird girl-boy is Aoi. I kinda work for him," At this my cousin's eyebrows shot up, "Girl-boy is boss? How? Girl-boy must only be one four!" He meant fourteen. He was REALLY bad at English.
I tried to drape a consoling arm around him, "Dimitri, calm down, it's only for a short time,"
Dimitri looked skeptical, "What work you do?"
I froze and sheepishly avoided his gaze. Dimitri looked harder into my eyes, his piercing blue orbs sucking the truth right out of me.
"Fine!" I yelled, "He has me model for him, okay?"
"WHAT? COUSIN NO MODEL FOR GIRL-BOY! ME NOT SURE WHAT GIRL-BOY IS!" He flailed his arms. The sight was so funny that I had to burst out laughing.
"Ha! Just go to bed, you big worry wart. You can walk me to school tomorrow,"
End Flashback.
"Oh!" Aoi yelled as he noticed me trying to escape again, "Hello R…" He gulped when he saw Dimitri standing over me, "Ruth,"
Shrugging it off Aoi looked at me, smiling, "Whaddya say we take pictures in the park today? I'll have Yukimura and Kanou, so we don't have to do anything but look pretty," He actually winked at this.
I made a barfing sign, "No way am I going out there in public. You make me look like a frigging doll!" I tried not to yell, but it was oh so hard…
Aoi pursed his lips, "That's kinda the point,"
"Somewhere else, Aoi?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Not gonna ha-" He looked at the scary shadow of Dimitri.
"Girl-Boy," He said, "Me still not know what you are. Go to different place with cousin,"
Aoi tried to look strong, "W-W-What if I don't want to?"
"Then Boy-Girl becomes all Girl,"
Aoi gulped, "U-uh,"
My cell phone started ringing when he was about to say something else. Good thing, he wasn't doing too well at this rate.
"Hello?" I asked. The voice on the phone responded.
"Ruth? This is Ruth, right?"
"Who else would it be, Dad?"
"Y-Your mother isn't with you, is she?"
"No, Dad, you can act brave now,"
"Right! Ruth, we've got another assignment,"
My face lit up like a Christmas tree. Fighting?
"Really?" I asked like a little kid, ignoring Aoi's and Dimitri's strange looks, "Where? Where?"
He cleared his throat on the other side, "In Australia,"
I pumped my fists despite who was looking, and shouted "AWWW YEAAAAHH!"
"Well? Are you coming?"
"What did I just do?"
"True. Be at your home in three hours. Charles and Dimitri will bring you to the helicopter,"
"We get to take the helicopter this time?"
"Yes, Ruth,"
"HALLELUJAH!"
"I'm hanging up, Ruth,"
I had a bright smile on instantly, "Bye-bye Daddy,"
I shut the phone and turned to Aoi, who was looking at me as if he had just seen an alien land while eating pop tarts and singing like Lady Gaga.
"What…was that?" He finally said.
I sighed happily, already walking out of the school gates in my pink dress that Aoi made for me, "Sorry, I've gotta go," I said. I was almost out of the gates when Aoi's hand clamped on my shoulder.
"And where would that be?"
"You don't wanna know," I left it at that and continued walking, but Aoi jumped in front of me.
"Oh, but I do," He smiled evilly, tilting up my chin, "Unless you want me to burn those clothes of yours early, I might add,"
I glared at him. He looked like pure evil to me at the moment.
"Fine. I'm leaving the country for a short while,"
"WHAT?"
"I told you, you didn't wanna know,"
I walked on past Aoi, but stopped again when I heard him ask,
"How long?"
"What?"
"How long until you get back?"
"Uh…" I thought for a minute. How long were Dad's usual jobs? "Hmm….about a month I guess,"
Aoi chuckled.
"Fine then. Turn around,"
I complied, and was met with Aoi roughly kissing my cheeks, both of them, "Be glad. If it were longer, it wouldn't just be your cheeks," He said, licking his lips. I froze, glared at him, and stomped away.
"Let me walk you home at least!" He said, chasing after me. When he caught up I turned my head away from him.
"I will never show my face to you again," I said. Aoi laughed.
"Oh, but you will," He chuckled, "Many, many times,"
OOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOO
The minute I reached my house I threw open the doors, and immediately went to the pantry.
"You're hungry now?" Aoi asked, "I thought you said you had to leave the country soon,"
I replied to him without turning my head, "I'm not hungry, I'm looking for something-Ah! Found it!"
I pulled out my camo shorts and tank top. Aoi's eyes went wide.
"B-B-But I thought I got all of your clothing!" He pointed at it like it was the Devil Incarnate. I shrugged innocently, and quickly rushed to the bathroom like Flash on crack to put it on.
I slipped off the dress, and tugged on the bulletproof vest and cargo pants. Aoi pounded on the door as I dressed. I frowned at the doorway. He just wouldn't leave me alone, would he?
"Ruth!" He called, "Just tell me where you're going! You do realize that if you don't, I'll call you every day, non-stop?"
I sighed, and calmly opened the door, only to meet mister I-crossdress-like-a-boss standing in front of me, the all-powerful Miss-thang with his hands on his hips.
"Aoi…" I started, "Nice try. Phones don't work where I'm going,"
"And where is that?"
I lowered my head. Might as well get it over with…
"Australia,"
It took almost a minute for that to process into Aoi's mind. His eyes were normal, then big, then bigger, then they were the size of Dimitri's muscles.
That's pretty dang big.
"Eh….uh…"
I put a hand on his shoulder, with a serious look on my face, "Aoi, the helicopter will be here at any minute, so please, put your words into earthling speech. I don't understand the dialect of your home planet,"
"So…let me get this straight…you're going to Australia?"
I nodded at Aoi, "Yep,"
"Why?!"
"It's the family business," I said as I loaded bullets into my machine gun.
"W-What's the family business?"
"Didn't you know?" I said, "My father's a hitman,"
I left Aoi in his stunned silence as I heard the sound of the helicopter on the roof.
"See ya!"
OOOOOOoooooOOOOOO
"You ready to go, Dimitri?" I called through the loud noise of the engine. He gave me a thumbs-up sign. Charles, my other cousin and Dimitri's brother, sat next to me as the helicopter took off. Australia here I come!
I could barely make out Aoi's waving figure on the ground below. He looked like a really pretty ant.
"Soooo," Charles drawled out in his slight Russian accent, "Who is the boy?" He was older than Dimitri by two years, so he knew English better.
"Just a…friend," I said. I felt it appropriate to call Aoi that. Charles nodded, smirking.
"And what was the monstrosity you were wearing earlier?"
"Don't. Mention. It,"
"Ahhh. Noted,"
Charles put an arm around my shoulder, pulling me so close that I could smell the scent of the woods on him.
"Little Ruth's growing up, eh? Wait! Does that mean…" He looked me in the eyes putting a hand to my forehead, "You've gotten over your 'condition'?"
I looked down, my happy mood gone, "No. It's nothing like that. All Aoi is, is a friend,"
Charles nodded slowly "Well, we can always hope, right?"
"…Right,"
OOOOOOoooooOOOOOO
Later on in the mission…
"Ruth, is he in your sights?"
"Yes. Now shut up, you're too loud,"
I put the walki-talkie back in my pocket, and aimed my sniper at the head several yards away. I know what you're thinking. No, I was not going to kill him. My job in the business was simply to scare them off, and hope that they didn't make their same mistakes. My father is the real hit-man.
And no, my father isn't some kind of serial killer. He only takes down the people who are just pure evil. He has Charles run a background check on the people we are called in for, and if he thinks that the things they did were extremely bad, bam.
Trust me, I almost came close to murder when people misjudged my father.
"Aim the shot, Ruth,"
"Shh!"
My sniper was lined up next to the man's head.
Bam.
Everyone scattered, leaving the room empty.
"The job's done,"
OOOOOOoooooOOOOOO
My father came into the room after a couple of hours, smiling tiredly at me.
"Good job, sweetie," He said, ruffling my hair. I smiled back at him.
"Didja get him?"
"Yep,"
He looked almost sad for a moment, so I creased my eyebrows, worrying for him, "What's wrong?"
"Ruth, you know I should have never dragged you into this business in the first place. It's just, you looked so happy when I taught you how to shoot, and I know you love to fight for justice, or just fight, really," He sheepishly scratched his head. I resisted the urge to facepalm. I knew where this was going.
"But," he continued, "I think it's time you start separating yourself from all of this. We all know it was because of this business, that you got your…condition,"
I sighed, glaring at him lightly, "Dad, know this: I honestly enjoy these missions, for the fact that I know I'm making the world rid of one more idiot. And my condition has nothing to do with this, and, if anything, it makes this job much, much easier. You've seen all those movies?"
Dad nodded, smiling once more, "Okay, princess," He ruffled my hair again.
I grinned, cleaning my gun and readjusting my headband. Dad's voice came out from behind me,
"So, I hear there's a new boy in your life?"
"CHARLES!"
Author's note! I'd like to that aristicadri1999, Excel Fusion, Mindblower, and all the others that gave me support! (Yep, that was cheesy) Btw, read my new story, Pardon Me, But What the Hell Are You? set in the world of Black Butler ;D Review, or no update! (That's becoming my catch phrase,)
