It was suffocating, really, in a property full of mourners and people dressed in all black. Not to mention everyone were wearing traditional Japanese garments and were eyeing everyone with calculations. Rei stepped into a large household, marked with the lettering representing "Ayamu". The woman stared at the gold plaque before looking back at her escorts who stared at her, urging the girl to move forwards.
"Tch." Rei clicked her tongue in utter annoyance as she then spat at the entrance, causing her escorts to become agitated as well as provoked. Rei crossed her arms as she she lifted her head, jeering slightly.
"What? You want to fight? Huh? Come at me. Where is my family?" Rei then rolled up her sleeves and bent down, ready to take off her heels. However, before either parties could continue and move, a firm and authoritative voice rang out.
"Stop this unsightly behaviour. The Hinatas are safe. I see you have not changed either, with your crude behaviour, Rei." An old woman with silver hair pinned up neatly, and a dark kimono stepped out. She glanced at Rei, barely before looking forward. The woman didn't bother to hide her detest for the younger girl as she sighed in annoyance. Rei rolled her eyes as she straightened up her back and rolled her sleeves back down. "Bleh bleh bleh, stop this unsightly behaviour, yes dearest." Rei shrugged as she tossed her hair and walked past the old woman who scoffed. "What a sore sight."
"Don't invite me back then, old hag." Rei muttered underneath her breath as she stepped into the main hall. Rei looked around, at all of the important figures at this gathering. None of them looked extremely sad, except for perhaps the old woman who greeted her. While a monk came in to perform the property farewell ceremony at the coffin, the old woman passed her a flower and motioned her to walk up to the coffin and bid her farewells. Rei furrowed her eyebrows but didn't resist because regardless of who this anonymous passed person was and despite her hate for everyone here, she was respectful towards the deceased. Rei walked forward and approached the coffin. As she placed the white lily down on the coffin lid, she took a quick glance at the memorial photo of the deceased and her eyes widened. It all made perfect sense on why the old hag wanted her granddaughter back. Her only cousin passed away leaving the old hag with her only possible candidate: Rei. Rei may be born from a woman who her grandma did not accept into the family but it was much better than not having a single blood of the Ayamu lineage to continue the mafia.
"Wow, even grandma can become desperate." Rei mocked as the old hag glared at her, with eyes full of resentment towards her. But she didn't speak a word and simply walked up to the coffin and prayed for a peaceful farewell for her other grandchild. The old woman got up, with much difficulty and hobbled back to Rei, making the blue eyed woman almost feel pity for grandmother then motioned to Rei that they leave the main hall and she will lead her to where the Hinata family were.
Rei looked around while a wall of ice and cold was placed between them. She had not stepped foot into the household of the Ayamu for the longest time. The neatly trimmed hedges and the nostalgic view reminded her of the people she was comfortable with calling friends.
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Rei Hinata stared at the half destroyed soccer field while holding onto her viola. You see, in her high school days at Raira, she was entranced by the Classical Music and playing the viola seemed elegant and graceful to her. Cutting through the soccer field was her idea of closest to getting home rather than going around the school and out through the main entrance. So why is it that this supposingly quickest path, turned out to be the most delayed way for her? She caught a glance at perhaps, the quirkiest creatures in her grade: Izaya, Shinra, and Shizuo.
Izaya was the first to notice her and he smiled good naturedly as he greeted her. "Hello! Are you here to join the fight too?" Rei stiffened as she blinked in confusion. "Eh?" She then glanced at Shizuo who was fixated on Izaya with a high level of blood thirst. Oh dear, she came at a bad time. Stepping back slowly, the girl shook her head and stumbled over her words. "N-no, I have to get going!" She turned but she heard a large thud and felt the ground tremor. Looking back, She caught sight of Shizuo punching through a metal table like it was a soft pillow. She felt her eyes pop open in shock and then also noticed Izaya holding a blade.
"Erm...no weapons are allowed." Rei mumbled but Izaya heard her. He turned his head back at the girl, a sly grin crawling up his face as he ducked behind her leaving her exposed to being possibly hit by Shizuo. Shizuo blinked at then shouted: "Move! I can't stop!" And by reflex, Rei screamed for her life and whammed her viola into Shizuo's face, stopping him. It took awhile before Rei felt the soul zap out of her mouth as she fumbled around. "Y-yo, I-i, I AM SO SORRY! I DIDN'T KNOW IT WILL HIT YOU, NO I DID KNOW BUT IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE IT WAS OUT OF REFLEX! AH PLEASE DON'T SUE ME OR ANYTHING OR KILL ME! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Rei waved her hands around as Shizuo stayed frozen and did not move around.
"Hahaha! Nice one, Hinata-kun." Izaya leaned forward, next to her ear before skipping away and immediately, Rei grabbed his collar with a slightly crazed and nervous smile on her face. "You're not leaving me to clean this mess! You're the responsible one be mature you lunatic!" Rei's hand was slapped away and Izaya spun around, kicking her legs and making her fall back while his knife was pointed at her eye. She stared at it blankly before staring up at Izaya's calm demeanour. Inside her mind, she suddenly thought: Oh. I should be scared. Just as her own voice told her so, Izaya crouched down and asked curiously: "Hmmm...a normal person should be scared. Even Shizuo-chan was caught off guard briefly."
Rei then faked it off and feigned fear. "A-ahhhh I'm so scared. Eeeeeeeeeeekkk?" Rei's lips were pursed and she did the jazz hands while her large blue eyes looked up, as if she was seeking some kind of confirmation or acknowledgement. Izaya stared at her wordlessly and then laughed. "You're a terrible actor aren't you? Sorry but, I'm going to have to run." He glanced up and Rei followed his gesture to see Shizuo lifting up a metal chunk of what remained of the table he had broke earlier. The two males then ran off and Rei was left in confusion.
"I thought the outside world was love and peace compared to the Underground world." Rei mumbled to herself as she watched the two run off.
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While their blue eyed friend was captured, Izaya and Shizuo glanced down at Izaya's tracker. Now that he knew where her location was, Shizuo secretly reached over to a nearby road sign and plucked it out of the ground, raising it high above his head. Of course, Izaya noticed immediately and he jumped out of reach.
"Are you sure you want to be playing that game, though I don't mind. I mean, you're dealing with one of the larger mafias in Japan, and the closest mafia to Ikekeburo and with that muscle brain of yours, you will probably shorten your lifespan and Rei's." Izaya pulled out his switchblade and Shizuo hesitated, his eyes narrowed.
"You fucker…" He began but he couldn't do anything because for once, he decided that it would be safer to go with whatever plan Izaya had, if it meant reducing whatever risks Rei had. He planted the sign back, grudgingly as he asked in an extremely irritated voice. "So? What's your plan? Can't believe I'm working with this piece of shit."
Izaya grinned and motioned with his hand in an explosive manor. "Easy! We blow up the household from afar and then after everyone is dead, we will take out a possibly dead Rei."
"I'll kill you."
"It was a joke. Not really."
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"Mom! Dad! Daiku, Aki, Yuna!" Rei ran to her adoptive family and gave them a tight hug. They returned the gesture and Aki checked her face and nodded in an impressed manner. "No scratches on the already ugly face. Check." Immediately Rei punched him on the arm before laughing.
Her grandmother then cleared her throat and commented: "They are your real family Rei. Don't casually address them as your parents and siblings, your real parents had long eloped and you're an only child." Rei rolled her eyes as she turned her back against the old hag. "What a salty bitch. Just because you lost your only likeable family member, doesn't mean you should ruin the happiness of others." She then winced as a knife was pierced her arm. Clearly someone was sensitive and though Rei does admit that it was an immature thing to bring up the dead. But her grandmother started it which left no room for pity and sympathy.
"What an insolent child. Weak and pathetic as well. You couldn't even fend off such a weak attack from an old woman." Her grandmother huffed. "You have a lot to learn."
Rei's mother immediately ripped the hem of her own pants and tied it around Rei's wound with a worried look. "Rei, you're bleeding!" The girl simple smiled and dismissed the tension in the air while Yuna pushed Rei aside. She crossed her arms and glowered at Rei's grandma. "You're a mean and nasty old woman you know that? You may be Sis' grandma and I was going to treat you respectfully but no one bullies Rei!" Daiku reached out and grabbed the child back, calming her down, but not without shooting an angered look at the old woman. She rolled her eyes and motioned to the mafia members in the room.
"Take the Hinatas out." The family was ripped away from Rei who watched them get dragged out but didn't do anything.
"No! I want Rei to come with us!" Yuna screamed and bit a henchmen's arm who decided that the most efficient way to calm a screaming child was to toss her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Mom! Let Rei go! Please!" Rei's mother shouted at her grandma and Rei shot her grandmother a "Wait, What the fuck look." Rei's already round eyes were now bulging in a comedic shock, and she shared the exact expressions her siblings and dad did.
"H-honey?" The father of the Hinata family managed to asked, bewildered at what his wife just called Rei's grandmother.
"M-mommy?" Yuna and Aki gasped in unison. The head of the Ayamu family rubbed her temples and signalled the henchmen to hurryingly take the Hinatas out before things got complicated. It was easier to drag the family out now because shock fell upon them and their brain couldn't register what was happening.