Chapter Seven:
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"Hn?" Chipp looked up at the scroll at hand, it had some sort of green and gray scribbles on it, he paused, trying to make out what it resembles, and then looked back at the little child in from to him, "Uh, yeah, um… it looks really nice." He nervously chuckled, "What exactly is it?" he asked.
Shelly, a little five-year old, black-haired, black-eyed orphan girl smiled cutely, "It's a pony!" she explained, "Look this is the head, and these are his feet, and this is the tail!" she giggled, pointing to each limb as she spoke.
"Oh! Well, ponies aren't grey, Shelly-chan." Chipp smiled halfheartedly, "Donkeys are the ones that are usually grey." He told.
"Oh?" the girl blinked, "Well, I couldn't find the black crayon so I used the grey." She cutely pouted.
"Well, to say the truth, there are a few horses that are grey, but for all I know that kind has black spots on the back side of its body." Chipp told.
"Oh, okay! I'll go draw them then!" Shelly giggled happily, took the scroll and ran off to some random direction.
"Sensei-sama!" Ayame came in hurry, "I have just received important news!" she panted.
"What? What is it?" he asked, confused and alert.
"Anji Mito had been located at our borders," she told, "there was a woman with him as well."
Chipp blinked, "A woman?" he gawked, 'God, don't tell me he's married!' the ninja knotted his brows, grinning, "Where are they exactly?"
"They were seen in our old base, it looks like they're refugees, sir." She told, "Akuma-sensei is leading them here right now, what are your commands, sir?"
Chipp took a deep breath and then gave a firm face, "Secure the area and make sure no one follows them, get them here and get them as fast and as safely as you can."
"Hai!" she nodded, quickly leaping away.
The ninja-leader waited for minutes, but if felt likes ages, he and Mito had not seen each other for so long, he even forgot how his old childhood friend looked like! 'Let's refresh it a little,' he thought to himself, 'he had black hair, brown eyes, a big stupid grin and geeky swirly glasses.' He smiled to himself, 'I doubt he's the woman's kind of man.' He chuckled to himself, 'I wonder if he changed for at lease a bit.'
"Sir," Ayame sensei arrived, "Anji Mito and a woman named Baiken would like to meet you." She informed.
"Let them in." the albino-leader nodded, waving a hand.
"Hai." The messenger woman bowed, she turned around and motioned for two figures to come closer, "Identify yourselves, please." She quietly asked.
Chipp swallowed, right before him, he saw a damn good looking man with awesome, thick black hair, a familiar stupid grin and tiny spectacles instead of the expected big-framed glasses; and right besides him stood a beautiful angel from the heavens, glorious bloody-red hair over cute pink cheeks and a brilliant peach-colored eye, her other eye was hidden under her beautiful forelock long bangs, her lips were thin, but they gave her a more of a childish smile.
"Zanuff!" the ebony-haired man chuckled, "Man! Long time no see!" he advanced to the leader, arms wide for an embrace.
The redheaded woman blinked in curiously; seemingly she was a bit confused.
Chipp grinned, "Mito! Great to see ya!"
The two men walked calmly towards each other, but without any warning, they punched each other in the gut, the two women gasped in start, gawking, but then comically gained swat drops as the two men only bust out and laughed, hugging each other, laughing like idiots.
'Men have a weird way in expressing themselves…' Baiken gained a sweat drop.
"So? Who's that? Your wife?" the albino spared the redhead a smirk.
Baiken blushed.
"Uh- actually, we're friends." Anji chuckled, "But anyway, how've you been? I haven't seen you in ages!" he laughed, "You got your ears pierced, I see." He touched the little red-earrings in the albino's earlobe.
"Uh, yeah, been doing a lot of things lately… you?" the albino smiled.
"Oh this and that, I've been trying to collect info about the history of the past." The ebony-haired man shrugged, "Much info had been lost because of the war, you know."
"Tell me about it." The albino knotted his brows, but then smothered it with a laugh, arm curling over his friend's neck, playfully fighting as if he was trying to strangle him, "But forget about that! How's life? You got any kids yet?"
"W- What?" the dancer blushed, "Aw~ Chipp, quit it!" he argued, "Quit it or else!"
"Or else what?" the ninja laughed.
"Or else this!" the dancer laughed as well, his hands flexibly twisting around to grab the ninja's waste, he began to tickle.
The two men fell to the floor, laughing and fighting like two cats, rolling over each other, around and around, but they were enjoying themselves none the less, everyone in the building were staring at them, Ayame and Baiken stared as them, embarrassed of how two full-grown men could act so childishly, it was humiliating! Baiken blushed hard, cupping her face, hiding it with her lonely hand.
"Damn, look at you! You're hair had grown so long I thought you were a girl!" Chipp laughed, he pinned Anji's arms behind his back, "Hold still!" he grunted.
"I thought the same with the cute-little earrings!" the dancer laughed, quickly rolling over and grabbing the ninja by the lace, now twisting around pining him down, "Hah! Gotcha!"
"Hey! These are a good luck charm!" the ninja pouted, fighting to throw the dancer off him.
"Guys!" Baiken cried, 'Everyone is staring at us!' she hissed, cheeks bright red.
"Hey? Cant old friends have a little fun?" the two argued in unity.
"Well for God's sake-you can't have fun while looking like that!" she argued, extending a flat hand at them, pointing.
The two men scanned each other… they were flat atop each other…
"Oh- My- God!" Anji gasped, quickly jumping off, face beat red, he covered his face, too humiliated to stare back at the crowed, but then something hit him, "It's not what you think!!!" he twisted around to face the redheaded woman, bug-eyed, his face turned white.
Baiken's face was pale, hand still on her face, but he couldn't see that because she turned around before he faced her, he was staring at her back, "Yeah, Sure you aren't…" she whispered.
Chipp griped a handful of his thick, silver-white hair, his ashen face was bright red as well, he embarrassedly gave baby eyes to Ayame-sensei, but he was too humiliated to say anything, so he just shrugged with a nervous chuckle.
"How about lunch?" Ayame nervously offered, but the people only stared at her blankly.
Hours later, at night:
"Oh, so that's all?" Chipp blinked, "What do you think they want?"
The redheaded woman shrugged, "Wish I knew." she replied, she then turned to take a glance at the ebony-haired dancer as he playfully teased a little girl, "He sure loves kids, huh?" she smiled.
Chipp turned to the playing pair, Ayame sensei was watching other them anyway, "Yeah. Anji loved kids ever since we were kids," the ninja chuckled, "I remember that he's his family's only child, he used to come to me and whine, 'Oh I wish I had other siblings, I hate being alone!' he would always rant."
"I heard that, and no, I don't rant!" Anji whined, the little girl on his shoulders, playing, "What? Is it a crime to express my thoughts?" he pouted.
"Oji-san is really nice! Shelly likes Oji-san!" the little girl giggled happily, her chubby little hands grabbing a handful of the dancer's thick black hair.
"Now Shelly, don't tug on his hair!" Ayame sensei instructed.
"No, it's alright! It doesn't hurt!" Anji smiled at the woman.
The woman pressed her lips, looking a bit nervous, "Oh, alright." She nodded.
"Ayame sensei," Chipp called, "You can leave, it's alright." He comforted.
"But-" the woman never continued, looking worriedly at the little girl.
Anji and Shelly didn't notice that because they were busy playing, laughing in enjoyment.
Baiken caught the other woman's glance, there was something bothering this ninja woman, but maybe she shouldn't ask.
Ayame swallowed, bowed to their leader and them walked away, leaving the room.
"So! Baiken, is it?" Chipp smiled, daring to scoot closer to the cute redhead, 'Just what is it between you and Anji, huh?'
Baiken blushed, "Nothing! We're just- friend!" she shrugged.
"Yeah right, you expect me to believe that Mito got to befriend a gorgeous woman like you and never considered the thought of actually flirting with her?" the ninja playfully shoved her with his shoulder, "Gimmy a brake!" he laughed.
Baiken comically gained a sweat drop, "Are you kidding, he flirts with every woman he lays his pretty-brown eyes on." She said sardonically, "He's not that flirty, though."
"Sure he isn't…" Chipp laughed, paused and then his eyes went wide.
Anji and Shelly were breathing down his neck…
"Chipp~!" Anji hissed, comically, veins were popping over his head.
Shelly only glared the elder albino, pouting.
Two hours later…
"NO!" Anji cried, blushing beat red.
"YES!! Damn!! Admit it already!!" Chipp shouted, laughing in victory.
"NO!!!!!" Anji cried back.
Baiken sighed, she gained an enormous sweat drop.
"Oba-chan~!" Shelly cutely purred, she was sitting in the redhead's lap, "Why are sensei-sama and Oji-san fighting so much?"
"It's because they are idiots." Baiken smiled, hugging the little child, "Men are idiots, so try your best not to date stupid men, alright?" she cooed.
"Hai!" the little girl nodded, grinning wide.
Anji and Chipp paused their argument to glare stupidly the two females, veins comically pounding over their heads.
There was slight knocking on the door, Ayame-sensei walked in, "Excuse me, Shelly-chan! It's bed time." She called.
"Aw~! I dun wanna!" the child grabbed the redheaded woman's sash, "I wanna stay with Oba-chan!" she pouted.
Baiken got nervous, Shelly was gripping the wrong side of the sash, "Now c'mon, you wanna wake up early tomorrow, you have to sleep early!" the child didn't buy it, "Listen, early to bed early to rise makes a person good healthy and wise!"
"Isn't that: healthy, wealthy and wise?" Anji arched a brow, correcting.
"Whatever…" Baiken shrugged.
Ayame walked towards the woman, now scooping the child in her arms, "Never mined that, c'mon Shelly chan." She cooed, walking outside the room.
"Aw~! Shelly-chan wants to stay with Oji-san and Oba-chan and Sensei-sama!" she argued, whining like a brat.
"Shelly! They aren't going anywhere, you'll see them tomorrow, right?" the woman turned to face the three.
Baiken and Anji stared at each other and then shrugged.
"They're staying here for tonight, you can see them tomorrow." Chipp assured, "Now go to bed you little rascal!"
"Hai~!" Shelly giggled, "Oji-san! Can we play together tomorrow, too?"
"Sure!" Anji smiled.
The little girl giggled happily, "Okay! I wanna go to bed now, Ayame-sensei!"
Ayame smiled, bowed respectfully to their master and friends before exiting the room.
Baiken smiled, she turned to continue her conversation with the ninja master when she noticed he was staring away; following his gaze, the albino was staring at the dancer who was staring blankly at the door.
"Sigh…" Anji knotted his brows, he sat on the floor with a soft thud before propping his chin on his hand, bored, "Okay, what do we do now?" he said in boredom.
"Nothing I guess." Chip crossed his arms, "Care to talk about whatever it is you were doing before you came here?"
Anji blinked, "Not really, I don't feel like talking right about now." He slumped on his side, a position close to his dust except that he was poking a finger in his ear.
"That bored, huh?" Chipp said, he and Baiken comically gained sweat drops.
Baiken suppressed a smile, listening to the two old childhood friend rant and bicker back and forth, she shook her head, it reminded her so much of Sergeant Ky and Ace when they have an argument, 'I wonder what Sergeant Ky is doing right now…' she pondered.
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In the mean time…
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"Sergeant Ky, Sir!" Ace saluted the man in command, "I have just received info that her ladyship had accessed the base successfully."
Ky looked over the knight, placing down a file, "And?"
"They have not been discovered just yet, but I believe that they are doing fine for now." Ace flipped a file open and began to read, "Nothing to report from them just yet though, I think everything is going according to plan."
Ky nodded, "Good." He took a moment to think, "Anything about Sol yet?"
"No sir, nothing of yet." Ace told, "Would you like me to investigate?"
"No, Sophie and Cobra are at it, they should contact us soon." The youth sighed heavily, clearly tired.
Beep!!!
Ky was taken off guard, he comically jumped in his seat, staring bug-eyed at his mobile, he picked it up and replied, "Hello?"
Ace blinked quizzically, listening; perhaps it's a new mission?
"Sol!" Ky gaped, "Took you long enough! Where- huh? No… yes… no… y-es… uh, no? Well yeah… no… yes… no…"
Ace gained a sweat drop, the sergeant had comically been knocked of and fell off his leather seat when the mobile suddenly stared jilting around enthusiastically with the hunter's voice causing annoying, ear piercing static, Sol's voice was clearly a boiling stream of bad-mouthed cursing.
Ky finally managed to climb back to his desk and grab the jumping mobile, "Sol! Sol? Sol!!! Please listen to me! I- No, it's- Hey! No I'm- SOL!!!!" he shouted, a fist bashing loud against the fine-Almond desk, "listen to me for God's sake!"
Ace blinked, his ears oddly twitched, something just didn't feel right.
Ky listened to the call, nodding a few times, "Alright, so it's true?" there were more nodding, "I see, when would it be?" the knight reached out for a pen and then tugged on a near by paper, he started writing something down.
Ace swallowed, ears twitching even more, his bright brown eyes fixed to the paper.
Suddenly, Ky stopped, eyes bugged-out…
"What?" he cried, "When?"
Sol spoke on the other side of the line.
"Damn it!" Ky growled, "It doesn't matter! Just get there before they do! Lady Baiken is still there! If they get there before we do then it's all over!" the knight growled.
Sol replied, sounding evenly irritated.
"Fine, get there anyway, I'll take the swat team there right now, over." He hung up, "Alright, Ace, I want you to-"
The brown-eyed youth was already gone…
"Great…"Ky growled, angry and irritated.
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"Location?" silver, long bangs fluttered with the rushing wind, Venom forked back a few bangs as he scanned the area, this chopper he stole was a bright idea, not only do people not see in the middle of this night,, and even if they did, they'd simply think it's just a security team, they wont send after them and the Holy Order wont know what hit them!
"Outskirts of town, sir." The man with the eye patch replied, "Mito is coming closer in our range."
"Heh," a mobster chuckled, "good thing you planted that bug on him boss, bright idea." He looked down at a red-clad woman with a cute, little white mouse over her shoulder.
"That is why I'm the boss, idiot." The woman purred, making herself comfortable on that leather seat, she was sitting in the middle seat behind the pilot, Venom was sitting besides her, next to the window.
The man with the eye patch was sitting next to the pilot who was Raphael, "Well?" he asked, looking at the radar.
"According to the bug her ladyship implanted, Mito is only ten minutes away," he told, "but I don't think there is a place fitting to land the chopper, the roof doesn't seem stable."
"What do you mean?" the silver-headed leader asked.
"Well, I've studied the constructions of such buildings, and according to my knowledge, that building was stopped because the pillars, they weren't strong enough, the one who watched over the construction cheated on the owner and used cheap metal bars, that building would easily fall down to pieces with any possible shake."
"Possible shake?" the mobster asked, "What kind of cheap-sh** is that supposed to mean, brat?" he snarled.
"I mean if this chopper lands on the roof, my possible calculation submit that it wouldn't stay there for less than three hours, the floor was the weakest of them all since there aren't many pillars supporting it from the lower levels." Raphael replied, bright-blue eyes widened, "And there it is!"
Venom stood and carefully looked over the youth's shoulder, "Are there any possible places to land?"
"There is the next building, but I'm not sure of how much this chopper can stand," the blond youth replied, tapping the many little sensors before him on the control panel, "I think we're running low on fuel!"
The red-clad woman scoffed, "Most likely of men, they always forget to be prepared." She laughed.
Venom ignored, he had his reasons to associate with this woman, but he just needed her aid, after all, she had contractions with the Holy Order military-support base, he needed to chopper!
'Just wait Mito… when this is over, I'll prove you how much you were a fool!' the assassin thought to himself.
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Meanwhile:
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Baiken bolted up, sitting, her red hair bounced off and over her face, her lonely peach eye scanned around the death silence, there was a strange tingle crawling coldly up her spine, but she couldn't pinpoint it. The woman's lonely arm rested flat on her chest, feeling her own heartbeats, that's when cute little Shelly mumbled in her bed, murmuring things that only she knew, Baiken could only smile, her lonely eye looked over the sleeping child, she reached out and tucked her sprawling figure back under the blanket.
"You awake?" a man whispered.
Baiken jerked around, Anji Mito was standing a few feet away, leaning against a doorframe, a sweet smile on his face, "Why are you still awake?" he asked, he wore blue slacks and a simple sleeveless white shirt, now his strangely quiet feet pattered towards her, he stopped and sat right besides her bed, "We've had a tiring day, you should be asleep by now."
The woman smiled, "You're the one who should be sleeping like a log, after all, you were the idiot running like a five years old with Shelly through the first two hours of our arrival." She mocked.
"She was begging me! I couldn't say no!" Anji quietly argued, leaning closer to the woman, "Didn't you ever wish to have kids of your own?"
Their noses touched, so the redhead blushed and pulled back, her lonely hand supporting her body, "I don't think so, buddy." She stifled a laugh, now sitting upright and pushing him back a little.
"Hnn…" Anji purred, leaning back, his hands flat on her thighs, one hand curled around and his flat hand landed on her back, pulling her in half-embrace, 'C'mon… play with me here.' He whined like a sad puppy.
'Anji!' the woman stifled a scream, face beat red, her lonely hand clutched his face, roughly pushing him back, 'Hentai! Behave! What if you wake her up?' she motioned to the little, sleeping, mumbling girl.
Feeling his pressed-in nose, Anji pouted, 'Gee, you're no fun at all…' he muttered, arched a brow then smirked again, 'By the way, I noticed that Chipp really liked you back there.' He smiled.
The woman shot him a death glare, she was just about to reply when light flashed through the nearby window, "Huh?"
There was panic…
"Sir!!!" three messengers from earlier came out running to the master's dorm, "Sir! Assassins at twelve 'o clock!" the brew-headed one warned, "It's an ambush!"
"I know!" Chipp growled, ending his dressing with clicking on his scythe glove, "What took you guys so long?"
The blond messenger continued, "Sorry sensei-sama, the assassins have provided a Holy Order chopper, we first thought it was one of the patrol choppers until we noticed that one of them had a gun."
"Sniper rifle, actually." The black-haired man corrected.
The two messengers -blond and brown headed one- bonked him –the black-headed one- on the head, "Shut up!"
Chipp growled, "Secure all the area! Move all the refugees to the basement, on the double."
"Hai!" the tree replied, quickly each parted towards another way.
"Chipp!" Anji came running, blue slacks and a white sleeveless shirt on, "What's going on? What's happening?" he panted.
"We're under attack! The assassins found us…" the ninja growled, putting on his scarf.
"What? How?" Anji asked, dumfounded.
"Anji!" Baiken arrived, she wore a white kimono, her bare feet on the cold marble floor, "Hey! What's going on?" she glanced from the ebony-haired man to the albino and back.
"Venom found us." Anji breathed, "You go back to the others, help them secure the area, I'll going with Chipp to-"
"No!" she interrupted, "You are not risking you ass on that!" she argued, now her lonely hand grabbed the dancer's ear, pulling his head to her level, "I'm taking you someone where you cant hurt yourself." She growled, tugging his ear as she left.
Anji blushed beat red, "Baiken!!!" he argued, "I can walk on my own! Really!"
"Shut up! I'm hearing none of it, you big showoff!!" she growled, "Every time something goes wrong you just have to stuff your nose in it, damn it! Why do you always do that?" she shook her head in anger.
Chipp grinned like an idiot, following them quietly.
Anji desperately tried to release his hurting ear, when he noticed his childhood friend he waved his hands in a 'Help me over here, Damn it!!' gesture.
Chipp smiled wildly, poking a finger in his ear, ignoring.
Baiken stopped, turned around and glared the ninja, her hair now all fluttered back, no forelock to cover her face, "What do you want?" she growled.
Chipp raised his hands in self defense, but was taken back at seeing her scared eye for the first time, he decided to ignore, "Nothing! I was heading out to kick some ass," he told, then smiled and poked a finger to the ebony-haired man, "but I think you're beginning to hurt Anji's ear."
"Good! Let it hurt!" she shook the man's head to the point where you'd think the ear would just get plucked off, "He's been giving me nothing but trouble ever since I first laid hands on him!" she growled.
Chipp arched a brow, leaning to face the woman's level, "Laid hands on him?" he grinned, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Baiken blushed, she glared the ninja then the dancer, snorted and the released the ear, grumbling to herself, "… and don't you dare come crying to me when you don't like it!" she hissed at the dancer and stomped away.
"Don't like what?" Chip argued, suppressing a laugh.
Anji rubbed his pained ear, "Ow~!" he bit his lower lip and sighed, "Thanks, I owe you one."
"That'd be fifteen…" the ninja chuckled, hands cupping his waist, Anji went bug-eyed and was about to respond when the ninja cut-in, "No, I never lost count." He grinned.
Anji gained a sweat drop, "You're a tough one."
"Thanks!"
BONK!
BONK!
"Would you idiots stop that! We're under attack!" Baiken hissed, a cane at hand, shaking it with rage, she cursed everything and anything male before stomping back out.
Anji felt his now newly added sore-lump, "She's angry…"
"No kidding!" Chipp felt his lump, "Damn! She hits hard!"
They took a few minutes bickering back and forth again, arguing about woman and short temper…
The brown-headed messenger returned, "Sensei-sama! The refugees are all safe, but that crazy redhead refuses to go inside!" he complained.
"Sh**!!!" Anji cursed, "Baiken!"
"Hey! Wait up!" Chipp cried, following.
The three ninjas from earlier arrived, and when they saw the two men dashing away, they quickly followed.
Anji leaped and dashed through the wards until he reached the entrance of the level he was in, there he saw her, "Baiken!"
There was silence…
Silver hair danced alongside red…
"So we meet again, Mito?" Venom hissed, the woman unconsciously leaning against his body, he had his arms wrapped around her waist, his head dangerously closer to her head where it rested on his shoulder.
Anji's blood began to boil, he swallowed hard, jaws closed tight, teeth gritted, maintaining his temper, "What- have you done to her?" he glared, hands fisted tight.
"Nothing." The assassin leader spoke, soft and clear, that was until the chopper came closer to the window, his hair flutterer away from his face, revealing brilliant-blue eyes, "Farewell." He jumped back and into the chopper.
"Wait!" Anji cried, dashing as fast as he could towards the broken window, "Baiken!" he leaped.
"Gu- ?" Venom stared, the dancer had attached himself to his leg.
"Boss!!!" the one with the eye patch squeaked, quickly grabbing his leader by the wrest, "Hold on!"
"Whoa~!" Raphael, the one who was driving gasped, "Hey! Stop that! You're knocking our balance!" he argued, but then when he saw his leader falling, the one in one arm, holding to the plane's doorframe buy the other, Mito grabbing his leg, the blond youth gasped, "Holy Smock! Hold on!"
The red-clad woman didn't even bother moving, she just grabbed the seat belt besides her and clicked it, watching the men struggle, she actually seemed enjoyed, her mouse was in her open palms, sleeping.
"Anji!" Chipp arrived, breathless, "Anji hold on!" he cried.
"Let go, damn it!" the man with the eye patch hissed, beating Anji's hands in hope it would release his master's foot.
"Never!" chocolate-brown eyes glared up at the men, "Let her go!" he reached out to grab the woman's foot when the eye-patch guy smacked it away, "Gu- !" Anji was about to fall.
"I think not, Mito." Venom hissed, shaking his loose foot, intending to kick the dancer in the face.
Anji gasped, quickly flipping an arm, as if teleporting, a fan appeared between his fingers like magic.
Venom stared, he turned to his comrade and shimmied a little, "Here, take the woman."
"But-?" the leader's gaze was demanding, so the eye-patch man did as told and scooped the woman away, "Hey! She's lighter than she looks!" he stupidly chuckled, "And cuter up close, too." He smirked.
"Baiken!" Anji cried, he waved a fan, wanting to get closer to the woman.
"Anji!" Chipp's cry sounded faint and distant, one because the dancer was up in the air, two was because he was furthering from the building and three was because the chopper's propellers were too damn loud!
"Aw man…" the dancer murmured to himself, he gazed down and saw nothing but darkness, they were furthering from the building and nothing was below him but cold, solid concrete.
"Let us make a deal, shall we?" Venom carefully leaned down, crouching to where the dancer could hear him.
"I think not." Anji hissed, dangling with one arm was beginning to hurt.
"But you didn't even hear the offer." The leader smiled, silver hair fluttered with the gushing wind, "If you give me the fans, I would gladly pull you in where it's safe."
"And if I said no?" Anji growled.
Venom considered that, "I'll chop off your hand, knock you off and take the fans after you're dead."
"What are you going to do with her?" Anji managed to see the top of the woman's head, "You had better not-"
"You should worry for your own welfare, Mito." Venom interrupted quietly, "I would not let anything harm her." He said sincerely, "You have my word." He added, now reaching out a hand to the dancer.
Anji stared, the assassin sounded so honest, he looked from the redheaded woman to the leader and then back down at his fans, paused and gazed below him, nothing but darkness, his breath became ragged, it was getting cold and his arm began to tingle, he frowned, thinking deeply.
"You don't have much time, Mito." Venom drew back his hand, "If you wish to see her awake, give me the fans."
Anji growled something only he knew, snapped the fans shut and extended it upwards to the assassin.
Venom slowly reached out to it, he took it, quietly studying the dancer's cold gaze, brilliant blue eyes stared back, "Pull him up." He ordered.
The red-clad woman stared at the leader as he scooped the redhead from his comrade's arms, placing her on the seat besides her, the one with the eye patch pulled the dancer up, but then quickly pushed him around and tired his hands together.
The mobster snorted and glared at the back of Raphael's head, "Hey! Move it kid before sun rise!"
Anji glared, "You had better not harm a hair on her head." He threatened.
"We wont." Venom assured, then short the red-clad woman a glare, "Right?"
The woman frowned, her lips twitching in annoyance, she gave a feminine 'Humph!' before she turned away, looking at the dark-blue, star lit sky.
"…"
"Anji!" Chipp cried, watching the chopper as it flew away, "Damn it!"
"Sensei-sama!" Akuma sensei arrived, "The refugees are all safe, what are your orders?"
"Secure the area, I'm going alone." The albino hissed.
"What?" a woman gasped, it was Ayame-sensei, "But- Sensei-sama! You cant!" she argued, "Everyone here depends on you! You cant just go there and get yourself killed!" she told.
"I'll be fine, Ayame-sensei." Chip replied, "I'm off…" he told, gracefully leaping out of the broken window.
"Sensie-sama!!" Ayame cried, stopping at the window where her master vanished, 'Chipp…' she whispered, her eyes went glassy, she pressed her fingertips to her lips in hope to stop herself from crying.
"Ayame," the man-ninja behind her called, "if you're worried, go after him."
"I cant," she whispered, "I'm needed here." she sniffled, rubbing her temple, she twisted around, tears in her eyes, "Akuma sensei, could you-?"
"I'll try." He nodded, "Just take care of the place while I'm gone, alright?"
"Arigatou, Akuma-sensei." Ayame smiled, hesitantly walking away, probably back to the refugees.
Akuma stared after her and shook his head, 'Such a worry worm…' he chuckled, now leaping out of the window, following his masters tracks.
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A/N: @_@