Sergeant Akabane Chapter 21

The rising danger

"Ugh…" The man groaned, he slowly lifted his eyes the blurry vision focusing as he asked himself where am I? Once his vision focused he realized he was in an old abandoned warehouse one that was dimly lit at that.

His eyes drifted around the area, the last thing he remembered was being at the hospital being held down by nurses until he felt something sharp inject into his arm and then darkness…

His heart skipped a beat as he noticed some silhouettes looking at him in the dark…then a voice…

"Good morning sleeping beauty." Some laughter followed. "I mean Mr. Shiota," the man groaned rubbing his eyes.

"Where am I-where is Nagisa." He said concerned. The larger man knelt down to his level.

"Listen Mr. Shiota you've been labeled crazy by the state, so now your here. Your son is with an assassin."

Hebi's eyes widened and his mouth dropped. "W-what."

Takaoka smiled to himself insanity in his own dark eyes. "Actually he is in love with an assassin." Another voice spoke from the shadows and a smaller figure emerged a teenage girl. "Of course he doesn't know the boys an assassin. That's his dirty little secret." The girl said softly a sinister smile on her glossy lips.

"Who are you people what's going on here." Takaoka stood up his grin showing his chipped tooth and the dim light of the warehouse showing his scars on his face.

"Pardon my rudeness. Allow me to introduce me-us. We are Dphmoe the...

Deranged

Physiologically

Harmed

Mines

Of

Evil"

Tenshi's eyes trembled, "your all crazy." He said obviously terrified.

"Yes...but," takaoka started hands outstretched "so are you. Now that you are with people far more crazy than yourself you are normal. However we are your people and we have a mission, you can be apart of it or…..die."

Tenshi's body shook was this how his son felt all those times he got drunk and became violent, was this why he ran away? He glanced up at the psychos in front of him and swallowed the lump in his throat.

"What's...this mission." Takaoka smiled pleased not a happy warm smile but one that sent chills down your spine.

"This...assassin has done things to all of us, he stole my job, broke poor little Okuda's heart and," he pauses glancing at the figure in the corner who's grey eyes have been watching them all since the start. "That guy is just here for fun." Takaoka says uneasy himself by the strangers presence.

"We capture the assassin, make him suffer until he's dead, we get our revenge and you get your son back who will be too broken to ever leave you again. So, we have a deal?" Takaoka says offering a handshake to confirm the deal.

Tenshi eyes the dirty hand who he's sure had others blood on it...still...he could get his son back...but his son would be miserable….

"Well?" Takaoka asks that crazy grin still on his face. Tenshi eyes the hand before slowly standing.

He grasps the man's hand in his and exchanges a firm handshake with heavy eyes.

"Deal."

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"So what did you think of their burgers?" I shrugged,

"They were pretty good." Karma puts his hand over his mouth dramatically.

"Just good! They are like haven on a plate!" I roll my eyes and can't help but smile, I look at him and see him faking a faint. I give in unable to help it, it's adorable, he's adorable. Wait what did I just think?

"Fiiiiiine, they were...awesome." I admitted. He had a gleeful smile on his face and it's so cute my heart skips a beat. How many times did it do that tonight? It seems like whenever I'm around Karma I always feel this way.

"You know," He spoke as we walked down the sidewalk. "I had fun, more fun than I've ever really had in awhile. It's nice to take a break once in awhile and be a kid again." He gave me a smile a gentle look in his amber eyes as he stood under the moonlights gaze. He looked like a red angel to me, he was like a prince straight out of a movie or at least that's what he looked like to me. Any girl who saw him would probably fall for him because of his looks, but it wasn't just his looks that I liked about him….

I felt myself blush and smile, "Me too. It was nice...for..my first date." He raised an eyebrow looking at me skeptical.

"This was your first date? Your joking right?" I shook my head with a nervous laugh.

"Heh...nope, I've never been on a date before." I admitted feeling down a little, Karma was quiet for a moment,

"Well," I heard him start, "That's just crazy. Your way too adorable and cute for anyone not to ask you out!" I looked at him my eyes wide and my heart racing.

"Y-you think I-I'm cute?" He gave me a humorous look as if he didn't believe I just asked that.

"Well of course I do, your short, you have such big beautiful eyes that are filled with hope and determination and that hair style is freaking adorable too. And for someone so small you sure pack a punch, hell I just barely dodged your attack the day we met. I think you've got a nackt for fighting you just need to bring it out." I gaze into his eyes,

"You really think so?" He nods,

"I know so. Oh looks like where here," He announces and I find myself back on Nakamura's porch.

"Since when were you walking me home?" I ask looking at him with a smirk on the corner of my lips he smiles back with a smug look on his face as his hands rest in the pockets of his jacket.

"It's the gentlemanly thing to do." He says imitating a prince for comical relief.

"So I'm not manly?" He shrugs,

"Well, if we were in a relationship no doubt you'd be the girl." I give him a look.

"Careful Mr. Akabane that's dangerous waters your swimming in." I warned jokingly. "Besides that's not a very polite thing to say as a teacher." He gives me a playful look turning to me he's a little closer now and that wasn't something I really suspected from him because he always stood a respectful distance from me enough to give me personal space…

I didn't mind him being this close to me now but it did make me...nervous.

"Well, I'm off the clock so I'm not your teacher right now. Also," He pauses leaning closer to my face I can feel his gentle breaths running across my cheek and all confidence I had previously is gone as if he just took it away. I feel my face heat up as my eyes are glued to his playful amber orbs and that gentle yet playful smile on his lips.

"I'm a very different person when I'm not being a teacher." My heart thumps against my ribs it feels like it's going to jump out at any second. My legs feel weak and I never noticed how attracted I was to the fact that he was taller than me.

"W-what d-do you mean.." I say trying to sound tough but it only comes out as a flustered stutter. He spreads his soft lips and I can't help but wonder how they would feel against mine...am I wrong for having that thought at a time like this?

He suddenly leans away and I don't understand why until I see the blonde in the doorway looking at the two of us with a surprised look on my face. So you know the color of a peach, that was the color of my face before, now it's the color of Karma's hair which I'm not sure if I should be worried about seeing at that's not humanly possible….but this is a fanfiction.

Her expression of shock shifts to her usual teasing face and I can hear myself plead to the gods to save me from what she's about to say and whether or not it'll make me pass out from embarrassment.

"Was I interrupting something?" She asks raising her eyebrow and yep I'm dead. I try to say something but Karma simply glances in my direction and then back to Nakamura replying cooly

"No, I was just saying goodnight to Nagisa." Another eyebrow raise from Nakamura. Nakamura gossip later this was my first date so don't chase my boy-er...my date away!

"I didn't know you had to be so close to his face to say goodbye." She has the biggest grin on her face and I knew once Karma left she was going to pester me until she got every last little detail out of me about this date. Makes sense she is Nakamura the gossip queen after all…

I try to cut in with a mesally, "We-uh where just um.." But it doesn't help so Karma takes over again with,

"Well maybe I was going to give him a kiss goodnight~" Thank you Karma you-WAIT WHAT?! That is not helping at all Karma-oh look what you did she's grinning more you just added fuel to the fire! Can I just go live in the trash can that be a thing? Can I just jump off this porch and be away from these two who neither of them are any better right now! Ugh...how do I get myself into these situations! Readers help me don't just grin happily! I'm surrounded by shippers…..SOS!

"Well I should be going Nagisa," Karma turns to be and I can barely hear him over the sound of my thumping heart. I open my mouth to complain to him about how he probably got me stuck with explaining all of this to Nakamura for the whole night but before I can I feel a soft gentle warm press against my cheek and my face burns again..

I blink a few times to registar what the heck just happened! I look up repeating the words "Uh.." And Karma looks so smug he looks like your average highschooler. He gives me a little chuckle and combined with the kiss on the cheek my legs are so weak I can barely stand up straight.

"Goodnight Nagisa text me later if you want to~" He says in a sly voice as if he knew what he just did and he waves goodbye as he walks off the porch and into the night…

I open my mouth because I want to call back to him how that was so not cool...but actually it was kind of nice-Ugh what am I saying!?

"Nagisa," Nakamura's voice snaps me from my brain trying to work properly again and I turn to her, her arms folded with a smug look on her face as she leans on the door frame. "You gonna stay out here all night and fantasize about your boyfriend~"

B-B-B…boyfriend!?

"H-he's not my boyfriend.." I stutter and Nakamura gives me an eyeroll with a grin.

"Not yet he's not~" I scream into my hands.

"Ugh...Whatever Nakamura let me die you both broke my brain." I complain as I head inside.

"We can have some snacks while you tell me all about your date~" I groan again…

Ugh...I trudged into the living room and fall into the couch telling myself one thing,

it's gonna be a loooong night.