She limped into the room and all the members looked up. They had the same surprised expression as Phinks that she could still walk. She glanced at Feitan, who was responsible for her broken leg. He stared back. There was an epic staring contest between the two until Coltopi cleared his throat. (If the contest had gone for a second longer WW3 would have broken out) Mizutsuki looked up and paused. "What is a fur-ball doing here?
Everyone stared at her. Coltopi blinked. "Pardon?" He asked.
"Your nickname." Feitan provided. "You are the Fur-ball, Shalnark is Blondie, Phinks is the eyebrow-less Pharaoh/Bastard, and I'm Shorty."
Mizutsuki didn't expect him to say all the nicknames out loud.
"Hey Feitan!" Shalnark said. "Don't promote your nickname like this, maybe one day she'll stop calling you that and we'll start calling you it."
Feitan scowled and she glanced at Coltopi. "What's your name, I don't think that we've met yet."
"I'm Coltopi."
"Ah, got that; but I'll just go by your real name I think. If possible, I wish that we never had to meet. Same with all you guys."
"That's my line..." Feitan muttered.
There was a loud snap of a book closing and she looked up to a corner she did not notice when she walked in. Mizutsuki's jaw popped open as she caught sight of Chrollo; all her memories of yesterday night rushed back into mind. "You?" She gasped. "You're their leader? The guy with the fucked up name?" She also remembered him as the guy with the weird name in the criminal files.
Chrollo nodded, ignoring her rude comment at his name. "Yes, how are you feeling now? I know that Feitan and Phinks haven't been very nice to you." He shot a glance at said members.
Mizutsuki glanced at them too. "Even if I did say that they are being mean, you wouldn't do anything right?"
"Who knows, that's hard to say."
Mizutsuki sighed deeply inside. This Danchou was… hard to understand.
"What about Machi and Shalnark?" Chrollo went on nonchalantly. His monotone was hiding everything, his thoughts and his emotions.
She glanced at her two guards; to her ultimate surprise their faces had turn stern and cloudy, like they were really afraid of their Danchou. "They're nice," She said slowly. "I hate all the Genei Ryodan, but I don't hate these two as much. I guess..." She wasn't sure why she said that either, helping her two guards.
Machi and Shalnark seemed to sigh in relief. Chrollo nodded. "That's nice to hear. Anyways," He leaned forward. "We have located the painting, however, a minor landslide had buried it and we cannot locate the approximate place. We need you to show us where you hid it."
"And if I refuse?" She poked.
"I'll interrogate you." Feitan said and turned to Chrollo. "Danchou, she won't point out where the painting just by us asking her. Let me do the job." He was obviously thinking something else; interrogating was just an excuse. His true purpose was to strap her onto a chair and peel off her fingernails.
Mizutsuki felt a shiver down her spine. Chrollo seemed to ponder at Feitan's suggestion and the alarm rang in her head.
"I'll tell!" She blurted out. "Being in the same room alone with Shorty with his torture tools is the last thing I wanna do!"
"Then we'll have no problem." Chrollo said. Every member of the Ryodan gawked at him; was it really smart to settle an important situation like this?
"Danchou!" Phinks protested. "She could lie for all we know."
"Pakunoda would tell." Chrollo stated calmly. "The important thing is how we can get her to the site before other unnecessary watchers and bystanders get there."
"It's in a rather quiet and abandoned place." Coltopi said. "Plus it's raining, I don't think that the citizens would notice any soon."
"Then we'd have no problem with that." Chrollo concluded. "Shalnark and Coltopi you two can take her there. And when you reach the place tell Bonolenov to come back now Shalnark is there."
Coltopi gave their leader a thumbs up and motioned for her and Shalnark to walk away with him. She flipped off Feitan as Shalnark closed the door behind them.
"Feitan would be disappointed." Coltopi said. "He really don't like you."
"I don't like him either. But you two seem nice, or as nice as bandits who are kidnapping me can be, Blondie and Fur-ball; uh no, Shalnark and Coltopi."
"I'm honored to hear you call us by our names." Shalnark grinned. "Coltopi, lead way!"
"I buried the painting, I wouldn't get lost even if you told me to..." Mizutsuki muttered as she slowly limped down the stairs, refusing help from her two companions so that she could scream 'In your face' at Phinks when she gets back. (As long as they don't decide to leave her dismembered in the wilderness.)
"So Paku and I were talking before, what are your thoughts on the girl who might become another one of us?" Franklin asked the other members.
Bonolenov shrugged. "Well, she's strong I suppose, managing to dodge attacks continuously from Machi, Paku, Nobunaga, and Uvogin . She failed at fighting Phinks but no one is strong enough to be his opponent anyways. She managed to kick away Shalnark's antenna before he stuck it in her right?"
"Yeah," Nobunaga crossed his arms."
"It's impressive to dodge the Big Bang Impact." Uvogin added. "Although I only used 10% of my strength. But then again, she was hungover so neither of us had the advantage."
"Her ability would be convenient alright," Nobunaga mused. "And it seems to have a wide range. But it's somehow similar to Feitan's ability don't you think? You cannot be within the attack range or its a sure death."
"Well?" Pakunoda deadpanned. "How many of you are agreeing to let her join? How many of you are disagreeing? Lets put neutral as disagreeing too."
The members exchanged a glance.
"So you're a licensed Hunter?" Mizutsuki asked Shalnark in disbelief. The blonde nodded proudly. "Yep!"
"I find it very hard to believe." She glanced at Coltopi. "This happy-go-lucky-always-smiling-Blondie?"
Coltopi nodded. "Nice adjectives."
"Hey Coltopi!" Shalnark protested. "Not you too!"
The tiniest member shrugged, his one visible blue eye looking innocent. "As rude as she is, she has a point. Truth is always bitter, and yes, Phinks really don't have eyebrows and Feitan is short. And you're blond."
Mizutsuki laughed. "I like you, Coltopi." She leaned down and slapped him on the shoulder.
"Thanks."
Shalnark pouted. "What about you? A Fur-ball?"
Coltopi shrugged again. "We'll, I do admit that I need a haircut... But I'm lazy."
"Ehh," Mizutsuki made a face. "The Genei Ryodan are a bunch of weirdos."
The two Ryodan members stared at her. "You're weird too," Coltopi said. "Normally, no one would dare provoke Feitan and Phinks when they're already in a bad mood. Let alone give them rude nicknames."
"I was just telling the truth." She protested. "I'm not weird. I'm honest."
"Whatever you say.."
"Hey, I'm hungry." Shalnark suddenly spoke up, causing Mizutsuki to stare at him speechless yet again. On the other hand, Coltopi seemed completely fine. "Let's find a place to eat lunch."
"Sure, any good restaurants here?" Coltopi looked at her.
"Aren't your friends waiting...?"
"They won't die because we're late for a few minutes." Shalnark sang. "Although Uvo might get a bit pissed."
"And you say that you're not weirdos... Aren't you guys afraid of me escaping? I can go to the washroom and crawl out the window, or simply blend into the crowd using Zetsu or Rhythm Echo."
"You wouldn't." They said in unison, their backs were turned away from her but she was positive that there was a confident smirk in their faces. Plus their tone was extra calm. "Besides, we'd find you easily and Feitan would break your other leg."
"Tsk..." She scowled. Yeah I won't, because I haven't screamed 'IN YOUR FACE' at that stupid pharaoh yet... Besides, I want a fair match with him, when I'm not hungover.
"Hey, what about Subway? I like the Turkey Sandwich there..." The two of the Ryodan members continued on happily at discussing their favorite Subway sandwich flavors. while walking into the merry restaurant. The cheerfulness seemed so wrong inside the building; it seemed almost impossible to find true cheerfulness inside Rivelle, the city of hypocrites and liars, which was always too rainy. It was as if signaling that something bad would happen soon.
"You guys are being too nice to me to the point that you seem idiotic." She deadpanned as the two of the sat down with their food, looking happy like any other normal customers.
"Then do you want us to be bad to you?" Coltopi asked. "And if you don't want your coke I'll take it."
"Go ahead; I don't mean that, but if this was in the Mafia I'd be in the interrogation room bleeding to death now."
"Feitan don't need those toys to torture people." Shalnark said nonchalantly. "And now you've said this, I'm extremely worried for the Mafia."
"Why?"
"If they still need those toys to help them interrogate, how good can their trainees be? Are you one of a kind or average of the class?"
"I..." She paused and realized that he had a point. Her mouth suddenly became dry.
"Huh~" The two if them looked skeptical, but she knew that their expressions were just to provoke her. "Can we see how strong you are then?" They asked.
"What?"
"There are about twenty customers in this restaurant right now, in how many seconds can you kill them without using your nen ability?"
"The hell are you talking about?"
"Your killing speed." Coltopi translated. "No nen and unarmed."
"How much time would you guys take then?"
"About two seconds or less," Shalnark said thoughtfully. "But then again, you're injured."
"...Is this a dare?"
Coltopi nodded.
"You want me to show you guys how fast I can kill all these people unarmed and no nen? Are you fucking out of your minds? My boss would kill me! Not to mention I'd get my picture on the warrant as well. Open-house massacring in broad daylight is illegal mind you."
"Open-house in assassinating in broad daylight is illegal too. But isn't your assassinating style massacring too? On second thought."
"But I don't have a target either, I don't kill unless I get paid or have a reason."
"Huh~" Shalnark and Cortopi nodded, the mischevious grin was growing (She couldn't really see Coltopi's face, but she knew that it was there (But then again, who can see his face?). "Then we'll give you an assassinating case too."
"...What?"
"You take cases from people right? And now we'll give you a case as well." Cortopi pulled a ruby out of his sleeve and handed it to Shalnark, who slammed it onto the table. "This is your payment," He said. "And as for the reason... We want to see your strength! How's that?"
"You gotta be kidding me..." Mizutsuki facepalmed.
"Hey, you said that you'd only kill if you had pay and reason, now you have both. You can't chicken out now."
You can't think normally with these guys... She thought and snatched the jem away, tossing it into the trash can behind her. "You guys are bandits, that's probably forged."
Shalnark pouted and Coltopi nodded. "Yep, it's forged." "Hey c'mon! Don't be so petty."
"But can you guys trust me?" She asked. "My rule is to kill everyone inside the same building as my target. If you guys don't want to get killed, you'll have to stand outside. I'd have no problem walking out the back door and escaping."
"Sure, we'll trust you." Shalnark shrugged and stood up. Coltopi followed. "We know that you wouldn't leave us, We'll start timing the second we close the door. Okay?"
"Wait, you're serious?" Mizutsuki felt a wave of panic. "You're kidding me right?"
"No we're not!" Coltopi said as he stepped out the door.
Those people... Are insane...! And what the heck were they talking about? She would be more than glad to leave them, much less finish killing all the customers and opening the door to let them chain her up again. Yes, as soon as they close the door she can make way to the back door and sneak out. Woo-Hoo freedom!
The door closed behind them; but two seconds later she found herself stepping over bloody corpses and opening the door to meet the Ryodan members. Why... did I not leave...? She thought to herself, her thoughts had become robotic and she was unsure of what she just did. Did she seriously just masscared a restaurant full of customers in broad daylight, just because two of her kidnappers dared her?
Coltopi and Shalnark clapped. "That was quick." They said, sounding impressed.
Seems like she did.
Uvogin roared and punched a nearby building, crushing the walls. "WHAT IS TAKING THEM SO LONG...?"
They had been late for over an hour and the others weren't very happy about it.
I'm very sorry for dragging the update. But hey, my eye injury is still recovering and even as I'm typing this I'm wearing a freaking eyepatch and sunglasses! (Sunglasses indoors, ha ha... but the computer's light is too bright for me even at it's darkest so yeah) So for the sake of my injured left eye please review! (wut)
