Chapter 53

"Will you take off your binding now?" Kidd asked.

"Why should I? It's comfortable." Timi smirked.

"But you're a woman, no point in hiding it anymore." Killer said.

"Old habits die hard." Timi chuckled.

"He's already asleep." Kidd said amused as T fell asleep, leaning on the table.

"He does that. Lazy fucker." Timi chuckled.

"It's so surreal." Kidd said looking at Timi.

"Just drop it. It's not like it changes who I am." she said frowning.

"Anyway. The next Game will be tomorrow at 10 right? I'm gonna go have a fly with Karma." Timi said and got up.

"Have fun." Killer said.

"If that asshole wakes up, tell him we went flying. He should feel it anyway. Laterz." Timi said and walked out with Karma behind her.

'What now? Should I start wearing a bra? I don't want to.' she thought as they walked down the street with people giving them strange looks.

With a sigh, Timi jumped on Karma's back and they took to the air. They flew around for a while and looked at the Maze of Tricks from above. By now it was stained with blood and a few corpses were still scattered around. Flying over the Forest of the Dead, they found the same thing.

"It sure was fun." Timi mused to herself.

"I wonder what the others are capable of?" she asked as they flew over the sea for a while.

"There's a lot of powerful people and I can feel that they don't mess around. We managed to get rid of the weaklings. To be honest they were nothing but a joke. These 11 people, they know what it means to be an assassin. I have no doubt that they hold great power." she said.

"Let's head back now. I'm hungry." the red head grinned and they got back for lunch.

For the rest of the day, T was play-fighting with Karma and Timi was reading. Surprisingly, the assassins stayed away from each other. Probably knew that it wouldn't end up well if they engaged each other outside of the arena.

Timi also heard a rumour going around the island that people started to call the 12 assassins left in the Carnival the 'Hounds of the Underworld'. It only amused her and annoyed T as he said that he's no one's dog.

. . .

The time for the third Game has arrived and everyone was gathered in the colosseum again.

[Good morning ladies and gentlemen! It's time for the third Game to begin!] Pandaman yelled excitedly as the crowd cheered.

[I'm happy to announce that it will be held right here in the arena! The name is Colours of Soul! What our assassins have to do here is simple, they only have to fight a giant animal and then demonstrate how they kill!] he explained.

[The rules are the same as usual! The only difference this time is that none of the assassins will be dying today! It's simply a show of skills! Your targets will be the dead assassins' clients however! The directors have chosen an animal for you and the order will be decided at random!] he announced surprising everyone.

"Haha. Sounds like fun." Timi commented grinning.

[Contestants please take your seats beside your clients as the show will start!] he yelled and they did as told.

Timi went and sat beside T, with the Kidd pirates and Karma.

"Interesting. I wonder if they will show their true powers or not?" Timi asked.

"Why do you say that? Isn't it the purpose of the Game to show it off?" Killer asked.

"It is but it would be so much more fun to make it a surprise when they have to fight each other." T said grinning.

"That's right. I'm pretty sure all of us can kill our targets without even having to use an ability." Timi said grinning.

"What about the animals?" Kidd asked.

"What about them?" T asked smirking.

"Like a couple of fleabags could do anything to these guys." he laughed.

"But then again, if we know what the other is capable of, the fight may just be drawn out a little longer." Timi smirked.

[Our first contestant to show his skills will be Jay! His animal will be a rabbit! Now make no mistake! They are not ordinary animals in the slightest! Have fun!] Pandaman announced as Jay jumped onto the arena.

The guy was around Timi's height with mid length blond hair, a side fringe that fell to the right with the left side tucked behind his ear. He had piercing red eyes and two black ball stud snake bites on his lips, toned body and he was wearing black jeans, ankle boots and a black three quarter length shirt.

A very big white rabbit was let into the arena. It was twice his size and definitely wasn't friendly.

As the beast launched at him, Jay dodged it easily and just let it chase him a round the place.

In the end he jumped up and landed a heavy kick to the beast's head, knocking it out.

Pandaman announced that he won and sent in a few people who he was allowed to kill.

Without another word, Jay just walked up to them and simply snapped their necks for Pandaman's and the audiences disappointment. But before the guy could question him on it, Jay pulled out about six knifes and started juggling with them.

[Well I guess that's kinda demonstrating skill so I can't say much here! Sorry!] Pandaman said as Jay caught all his knifes and walked off with a smirk on his face, making the other assassins grin at him.

[Anyway! The next assassin will be the White Reaper! She is a mysterious one for sure! No one knows her real name! She will be against a bear!] he yelled as she jumped to the arena after the rabbit and the corpses were taken away.

She was a short woman with short brown hair, black eyes and very pale skin that almost looked white. She was wearing all white, skinny jeans, converse, a long shirt that had very baggy sleeves and a hood that was pulled over her head. You could see that her mouth was painted like stitches going half way up her cheeks.

A giant black bear was let onto the arena and White Reaper wasted no time in attacking it. She got behind the beast and jumping onto its shoulders, she ripped it's head off bare handedly.

The beast fell to the ground, spraying blood everywhere.

Her victory was announced and her targets were sent in. Just like Jay, she killed then with her bare hands as well, to be specific she banged their heads on the hard ground, breaking their skulls and killed them instantly.

She then brought a big canvas onto the stage and using the bear's blood, painted a mountain scenery.

[Thank you White Reaper! That was an impressive show of artistic skill!] Pandaman said but he wasn't too amused with her either.

[Next up is none other than Leo! Your animal is a bat!] he yelled as the guy walked onto the arena.

He was a pretty tall guy, almost as tall as Cori. He had long purple hair that reached down to his butt with the fringe separating at the middle, crystal blue eyes, black ring snake bites on his lips and a silver stud in his left side nose. He wore a white long sleeved shirt with light grey jeans and black boots.

The bat was massive but he took it out easily and killed his target bare handedly just like the others before him. For his skill, he asked a member of the audience to help him and Akira agreed to it. Surprising everyone, Leo gave her a new hair style.

[Damn it guys! You're supposed to show off your fighting skills, not this! You're lucky that you're still playing by the rules!] Pandaman growled but introduced the next guy. There wasn't much he could do about it.

[Next up is Xeran and his animal will be a snake!] he said as the guy jumped onto the arena.

Xeran was a tall guy with a bald head and a pair of sunglasses, with a tailored black suit, black dress shirt and tie on.

He did the same thing as the others and killed both the snake and his targets.

He then asked the Carnival staff to get a piano into the arena. When he got it, he sat down and played a beautiful song on it.

[That was beautiful Xeran thank you! Our next assassin is Junko with a koala to fight!] he yelled and by now he just accepted that they wont do more than bare handed fighting.

She had long, straight amethyst purple hair which is a very pale purple. It reached down to her lower back with no fringe and separated at the middle. Beautiful teal eyes, tall slim body but also nicely toned. She was wearing white skinny jeans, dark dusty blue blouse and dark grey ankle boots.

As expected the animal was huge and violent. She beat it easily and killed her targets bare handedly.

She asked for a harp and played a beautiful melody on it.

[For assassins, you sure can play some beautiful music!] Pandaman said in tears after her performance.

[Next we have Akira with a lizard to fight!] he yelled.

She was short, with short brown hair, a full fringe and blue highlights. She has dark blue eyes, wearing a dark grey sleeveless tunic with a turtle neck and Indian style yoga pants with one leg light blue and the other black, and light blue high top converse.

She killed the reptile without breaking a sweat and broke the men's necks.

She then asked for a couple of fire batons and with the utmost grace, started juggling with them, twisting and turning her body while the fire danced around her.

[Amazing demonstration of skill! Our next assassin is Roxie! You have a wolf to fight!] he yelled.

She had long black hair that was in a lot of tiny braids reaching down to her butt, beautiful golden eyes, well toned body with nice curves. She was pretty tall, wearing black shorts with a white loose tank top, black leather jacket and knee high leather boots.

She took the giant wolf out easily and killed her targets quickly.

For her skill, she started singing. She had a great voice and the audience enjoyed every bit of it. In the end, they didn't mind the assassins doing this, it showed a different side of theirs so they were happy with it.

[Thank you Roxie! Next up is Romeo with a vulture bird to fight!] he yelled.

The guy was average height and well toned. He had straight black hair that reached down to his shoulders, the top tied up sticking out messily, his fringe was red with some hair falling in his face with a ball stud in his lips at the middle. He had piercing tangerine orange eyes. He was wearing black jeans with dark grey t-shirt and a black leather jacket over it with a hood and the sleeves folded up to his elbows with black fingerless gloves and dark grey ankle boots.

He killed it quickly and dealt with his targets bare handedly.

For his skill, he preformed a comedian act that had the whole audience in stitches from laughing so hard. Even the other assassins were laughing.

[I don't think I ever laughed so hard! Thank you Romeo! Next we have Nova who will fight a gorilla!] he yelled.

She was average height with messy long light blue hair and white highlights with a full fringe that hid her eyes and wore a black tank top with a blue t-shirt over it that hung down one of her shoulders, light grey skinny jeans with black boots, a lot of rings on her fingers and bracelets on both her wrists.

She beat the gorilla easily and killed her targets all while having a huge grin on her face.

For her skill, she asked for music and preformed some street dancing, amazing everyone with her awesome moves.

[Amazing performance Nova! Thank you! Next up we have Eliot! He will be fighting a bull!] he yelled as Timi paid more attention now.

The guy wasn't the tallest out there, slightly below average hight, with a shortish blond Mohawk that didn't have any gel in it so it hung down and onto his face. Purple eyes and a lip ring on the left of his lips, well built and had a confident walk. Wearing black jeans, with black army boots and a sleeveless, hooded top.

He played with the bull for a little bit then killed it. He killed his targets quickly and asked for a huge block of ice. He then proceeded to make a beautiful sculpture out of it of a dragon.

[Amazing talent our assassins have! Next up is Rory! He will be faced with a cheetah!] he yelled.

The blond took care of the animal pretty quickly as he was a lot faster but he didn't kill it. His targets on the other hand were goners.

For his skill, he asked Timi to help him. He made her stand on one leg with her limbs stretched out with apples on them. Rory put a blind fold on and aimed his gun at Timi who just smirked back at him. Timi jumped up and with incredible accuracy, Rory shot through all the apples.

[Amazing! Our last assassin is Timi! You will be faced with a lion!] he yelled as Timi stayed on stage.

As the huge animal was let onto the arena, growling and ready to eat her, she just stood before him smiling. The beast launched at her but she gave him a look that halted his movements and stopped right before her. Reaching a hand out, she let him sniff it and petted him. He flopped onto the floor and let Timi scratch behind his ear and his majestic mane.

[Unbelievable! Blood Viper tamed the beast! These animals are usually very hard to tame and even our tamers struggle to keep them in line! No matter, here's your targets!] Pandaman yelled surprised.

"You just had to be different. Didn't you?" T asked amused.

Timi looked at the three men and with a cold glint in her eyes, she grabbed their heads and ripped it from their shoulders. She tossed the bodies to the lion who happily chomped down on them.

[Oh my! What a brutal way to end it!] Pandaman yelled happily.

Using her magic, she pulled all the blood that sprayed onto her off and summoned her guitar.

"Wait. I wanna help you with that." T called as he ran up to her.

"And how?" Timi asked raising an eyebrow.

"I can play the drums." the entity grinned.

"Since when?" she asked surprised as he summoned a drum kit.

"When did you get that?" she asked.

"You don't know a lot of things I did when you were out cold and I had control." T smirked.

"I have a feeling I don't want to either." she said frowning as he sat down behind the drums and pulled out two drum sticks.

"Do you even know any songs?" she asked.

"Yup. All the ones that you do." he grinned.

"Alright. Follow my lead." she smirked and started to play Buried Alive by Avenged Sevenfold.

The crowd cheered at their performance and were very surprised how good they were. Timi's voice was amazing and her guitar play was epic, T was amazing as well.

[That was incredible! Thank you!] Pandaman yelled as the two made their instruments disappear and walked back to Kidd.

[Well ladies and gentlemen, that marks the end of the third Game! It was fun, unexpected and brutal! Now only the 12 assassins and their clients remain alive in the Carnival! The Tournament of the Damned will start tomorrow morning at 9! Be sure to make your bets as it's sure to be exciting! Goodbye and have a great night!] Pandaman yelled as the crowd cheered.

"Well that was interesting." Killer said as they walked out of the colosseum.

"Yeah. I never thought those guys were so talented." Timi smirked.

"You were amazing as well. That song was awesome." Kidd grinned.

"Thank you." she smiled.

"Blood Viper." called Eliot as he stepped in front of them.

"Eliot. What do I owe the honour?" she asked smirking at the demon.

"I just wanted to say that song rocked." he grinned, surprising them.

"Thanks." both Timi and T grinned back at him.

All the other assassins then showed up smirking at each other.

"Wow. What's going on?" T asked as they formed a circle and Timi joined them.

"Today was fun. Tomorrow's gonna be even more entertaining. Lets have a clean fight, giving it our all." Jay said making the others cheer.

"As it stands now. We are the most powerful assassins on the seas. I'd like it if it stayed that way. I hope none of us will die during tomorrow's tournament." Rory said smirking.

"So you're asking us not to kill each other?" Akira asked raising an eyebrow.

"What would the fun in killing each other be? If we stay alive then we will get the chance to fight one another in the future." Timi added.

"That'd be fun." Nova agreed.

"So it's settled." Romeo grinned and they all agreed to it.

Without another word, they all went their separate ways and Timi joined Kidd again as they walked back to the ship.

"So, what did you guys talk about?" Kidd asked as they couldn't hear a thing from their conversation.

"Just an agreement we made." Timi replied smirking.