The Debt

"How much you owed him?"

"Huh?"

Yumichika looks irritated. "The man from before. Are you borrowing from a loan shark?"

She was walking alone in a mission to restock her fridge when Kenji pulled her into a narrow alley between shops and threated her. Fortunately Yumichika saw them and chased Kenji away. Well, at first Kenji resisted. But when he blurted out an insult, Yumichika snapped and broke a wall behind Kenji with a bare hand, Kenji immediately fled away. Now, Isane and Yumichika facing each other in a small café. For interrogation.

"I hate fighting, but to be the fifth seats under Zaraki, means I do know how to fight," explained Yumichika. "The first of course Zaraki himself. The second is where the line between cronyism and power clashed, but we never mind that - is for Yachiru. The third is Ikkaku and I'm the fifth. The 4th was currently vacant because I hate number four. It is not beautiful and always associated with deaths. I hate that. So woman, do you borrowed from a loan shark?"

Isane immediately denied, "I've no business with a loan shark."

"So, who was that guy? How much you owed him?"

"Actually he IS the one who owe me money."

"Huh?"

Isane tried to cover her disappointment with chuckled. "He overspent in his honeymoon trip to Bali. I refused to lend him any money. That's why he try to threat me."

"Wait! A honeymoon trip? With whom?" Yumichika seems more confused.

"With his wife. They just married a couple months ago."

And Yumichika's jaw almost dropped to the floor. "He married another woman, overspent while honeymoon and threated you to lend him money? So, who are you in this story? An ex girlfriend?"

When Isane shaked her head, Yumichika asked, "Did he owned something... like your naked picture or some *cough* inappropriate video of you?"

"No. We're just a friend. WAS a friend."

Yumichika's face turned to red. "A friend? And he dare to treat you like this? Woman, you're so kind, but there should a limit to help people! Arghh! I shouldn't let him go!" He pulled out a compact powder and touch up his face. Multiple times. Then he combed his hair and smooth out all the frizzy. "Oh... I'm pissed off!"

"By the way, thanks for your help."

Satisfied with his looks, Yumichika turned to Isane and in a serious tone, he said, "Give me the jerk details. I'll make sure he wouldn't dare to threat you again."

"But..."

"I don't need your approval and won't ask anything for return."

Finally she gave Yumichika, Kenji's information. Then, he make a call, "Please find everything about the jerk as soon as possible. I need him to pay a debt to my dear friend."

"Hey Yumi-san, please don't kill him. At least he once a great friend of mine."

He just shrugged, "Like I said before, I hate fighting. Plus, it is not worthy to dirty my pretty hands with his blood. If he offended Ikkaku or Zaraki or others, he has a slim chance to see tomorrow's sun. But it is different with me." Suddenly there are some inglorious black aura surrounding them. Yumichika smirked.

"To be a man, one must fight with his fist. One to one. That would be our pride, our motto. But for me to win, I can use anything as long as they doesn't know." Isane now really sure the man in front of her was a devil in disguised.

"You won't tell them anything, right?" A smiled so eerie that Isane had to nodded swiftly.

"So, today buy me a drinks and complimentary cake. Apple juices and a slice of pecans butterscotch cake.

Pouted, "But Yumi-san, you said you don't need anything for returns?"

"Oh please drop the honorific. You made me sound older. The drinks and cake are for saving you today."

"You're cunning!"