I quickly finished changing. I had been contemplating taking a shower, but that took a direct train to hell when I saw Tancred. God. He was CUTE. Oh man. Those mischievous, playful eyes really sent my heart free falling. Or was it my stomach? I could not think straight anymore. God help me.
I went out of the bathroom. Tancred was watching me. I deliberately ignored me and looked at Sokarto who was looking unusually serious.
"What is the problem?" I asked him.
"Your father is threatening to sue us for 'kidnapping' you."
"How much?" I snapped.
"Two million."
"If he insists transfer the amount from my account. Most likely he won't pursue it. I'll see him later. If he even cares about his allies he will not push this any further. He will withdraw. I'll see to that." I glared at the window.
"What are you going to do?" Tancred's voice was like honey, soothing me but it did nothing to tame my anger.
"He wants to talk about kidnapping, I will play the same card. Anyway I have a score to settle with Ciel Pentagon. He is the only shape-shifter who would dare to infiltrate my lessons. Stuwart left it to me."
"But the mission cannot wait." Sokarto. The idiot.
"Are you going against me?" I spat at him.
"No, your Highness. I was just wondering if you were going to go against the Order's order," he shot back.
I sighed. "It's going against the Order or war. You heard about the Common War."
Tancred started. "Your father started it?"
"Yeah."
"Fine. You want to kidnap this Ciel Pentagon?"
"No. Too tricky. I was thinking of killing him on our way to Dad. I own him that."
Tancred was shocked. "You kill people?"
Yes, Tancred. No need to be so stunned. "Yes. Let's bloody go already."
So we went out, Tancred next to me. Sokarto stormed ahead, having told Komui our change of plan. Komui had agreed.
Once we reached the edge of the cliff, I stopped short. I sensed that Ciel and some others were near. I crouched down, intent on my prey, ignoring Tancred and Sokarto.
I stood up and ordered softly, "Show me Ciel Pentagon." My cube immediately complied and I saw that he was one metre away, climbing the cliff wall. I grinned evilly. This was easy. He was gonna go down.
I used the cube to make a small explosive enter his nose as he breathed in, then detonated it. "DAMNIT!" He screamed as he exploded. His companions threw themselves after him. Hmmn. Most likely they didn't want me to torture what they knew out of them.
"Done. My debt has been repaid."
Tancred was staring at me, at the heartless way I killed Ciel. Sokarto was nodding in approval. "You have the ruthlessness that an Exorcist must have. You, on the other hand," he was now addressing poor Tancred, "do NOT have that essential trait. You had better learn from her. You will have to serve the Order by destroying the Akuma by KILLING them. We are short on Exorcists, so you had better not turn yourself into a Fallen One."
I didn't know what exactly was a Fallen One but I had a pretty good idea. And that Sokarto would kill me before I could become one. Ha. He could try.
"Yes, Master," he gulped. His eyes pleaded with me to stop Sokarto's verbal slicing.
"Master." I said, my one word filled with power. He spun around. "As much as one must have their pride stripped down in order to excel, it is NOT a good idea to do so all at once."
He wanted to say more but I was done with all this bantering. I exposed my fangs and removed my disguise of imperfection. My face was that of a cruel and heartless person. "My reflexes have been enhanced by an experiment that Dad conducted. So have my features. I will soften them if you don't annoy me anymore." He surrendered, and I relaxed. I checked out Tancred's feelings and discovered that he had fallen in love with me even further. I hereby declare Tancred extremely weird. Funny, coming from a person who was even weirder.
