Warning: Violence (uhh torture? kinda?)
Mission details: Someone is snooping too deep into the underground shop for the shop's comfort. The shop could have send a more proficient and skilled 'customer', but the shop is being cautious and the mission is an extremely delicate one.
The man not only has a lot of connections, he's also quite well known.
Killing him would be the best option.
But the order they gave was 'incapacitate'.. which means killing him would be.. a last resort if things go wrong. The underground shop probably wants to send out some kind of message to other 'undeserving' people and Ayaka is assigned to make that statement with this one.
Let's be real; an unnassuming, cute looking little girl isn't really the thing that strikes fear through the enemies' hearts.
And yet, the underground shop chose her. Trusting her with a mission big enough to let them owe her a favor.. in their own terms but still a favor.
Which means she has to make this flashy and as traumatic for the guy... or people.
Not too traumatic to push him to commit suicides.. they just want him afraid and warned. Plus she has to get those things the man has gathered about the underground along with his research stuff.
Thinking clearly about this now, this was something Ayaka shouldn't have accepted. Reaching for things that are too big for her tends not to end well...
...She really should just get this over with before any more head ache occurs.
Playing with these adults is hard...
Heroic Daze
"P-p-p-please h..have me-...mercy!"
Glowing green eyes darted toward the figure below, writhing and crying. Wounds and bruises are scattered all over his body, all not deep enough to let him die of blood loss, but still painful along with the numbers of them. He's shaking, and he stank. The liquid pooling around him isn't just from blood.
Torturing people, Ayaka mulls, is not what is used to be.
Or rather, she doesn't feel the same towards it anymore.
Before it was something she needed to do. She didn't really enjoy it (not when she's pretty familiar with pain herself) but it was something she's used to do.
Now it just feels...strange. Strange bad. Like her heart almost feels heavy.
(Ayaka tries not to think back on the man that's been influencing her so much lately, bringing forth weird feelings and new emotions.)
Ayaka crouched down closer to the man, making him flinch and inch away hysterically.
She shouldn't feel bad. This man is bad. She is bad too, but she knows she's leagues better than him.
Within a second she made a small wound on her left thigh, wiping her hand to gather the small amount of blood that came out, and she jabbed it on the man's mouth. Just enough to send him excruciating pain on the inside.
Ayaka forced a wide grin. She estimates the poison will act up instantly.
"The Shop sends their greetings."
Eyes grew wide, skin got paler and suddenly he convulsed.. and fainted.
Ayaka stared silently for a few seconds.
"People are still people Ayaka-chan. They can change"
"But it doesn't mean they will Granny." came her whisper.
What Ayaka's doing is bad, she knows that much. But really, what choice does she have?
(Her mind whispers an answer in betrayal.)
No. She needs to get strong. Be strong.
Beside her, Toshi nuzzled her leg, not minding any blood on them.
Heroic Daze
It was raining hard by the time they came out, which Ayaka was glad for, as it can wash off some of the blood off of them.
Training ingrained deeply in her, She made sure no traces of her are left on the building, washing her bloodly footprints with more blood and gathering her small knives back from the staffs that just happened to be lucky enough to be near her target at the time. They weren't dead, just unconscious... and wounded
A bark shook Ayaka's thoughts off, and she realized that she's stopped her walking in favor of staring at her hands, hearing whispers of what she truly is.
Ayaka patted Toshi's head.
"Go home without me Toshi. I don't want you getting sick because of the rain."
"Oi you!"
Huh?
Ayaka stopped in her tracks, turning her head to see if someone is calling her. The voice sounded high-pitched and girly, and Ayaka knows no one with that voice.
"Are you stupid?"
She came face to face with a dark haired girl with chin length hair. Her eyes looked at Ayaka with anger.
"Wha-"
Already the girl was pulling Ayaka towards...somewhere.
Who is this girl?
She doesn't seem like much. Cute. If she's not a stranger that's hauling Ayaka to God-knows-where
Before Ayaka could even move, the girl spoke;
"You're soaked. You'll come home with me before you get sick."
Something tells Ayaka she better listen.
Heroic Daze
This is... weird.
Ayaka blows the hot milk before she sips, clutching the towel nearer.
She wouldn't get sick by something like being exposed to the rain, but she's cold and the warmth of the house and towel soothes her.
But it still doesn't answer the question who the girl is.
"I'm a stranger. You don't know me and I don't know you...right?" Ayaka asks.
The girl huffs.
"I'm Zenko. And who said I don't know you?"
Ayaka tenses. "So you know me?"
"No."
"Then..why?"
Zenko raises an eyebrow, frowning.
"You look lost."
Ayaka averts her eyes slowly, taking in the warm shade of yellow it has before it stopped at one picture.
"Ah!" Zenko suddenly looked excited "You know Sweet Mask?"
Ayaka nodded mutely. She didn't want to go back to the past conversation at all.
"Top of the A-class right?"
"He's amazing! He's the most handsome and talented hero there is! Nii-san balks everytime I talk about him..."
Zenko proceeds to chatter about things that Ayaka is more comfortable talking about, as if it wasn't just moments ago that she was looking at Ayaka like she's an idiot for walking aimlessly in the rain.
Now that she thinks about it. It kind of is an idiotic thing to do...
Suddenly Ayaka tenses.
Something is coming near.
And it felt really really powerful.
There is no way in hell Ayaka can stand a chance against this-
"Ah, Nii-san!"
What.
End of Chapter 10
AN: EYYYY! I'm alive!
School happened so I couldn't find the time to write and stuff. I only managed to finish this cuz I got a flu (yes. I am sick at the moment) and managed to take some days off school. I got into a lot of other fandoms too *sweats nervously.* You could probably see it since my own fav list keeps on growing.
Tbh I'm kinda upset about my writing skills (or more like not content) but I kept on writing anyway because of you guys (; w ;") I felt bad about leaving this be so.. here you go. This'll probably be the most I could do at the moment because I legit have no idea what to write for chapter 11 as a bridge to other stuff.
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Anyways, hit me up on tumblr! Same username as here (Lyricaljelly). You could also ask me stuff there about my story and whatnot lol. (Or we could geek out about my current favorite fandoms, such as Undertale, Mass Effect, and lots more! w)