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"Himari?"
Tomura Shigaraki's voice was hollow, edged with rage. What was she doing here? She wasn't supposed to be here.
His head tilted over to Overhaul who gestures at Himari, beckoning her to come forward, "Don't be shy now. Didn't you want to see him? I'm giving you something that you wanted."
What the fuck?
A hand reached at Tomura's neck, itching at the scarred flesh. A rage bellowed in his throat. What the fuck? She's not supposed to be around here. She's supposed to be with those damn heroes.
Was there a change in her? No, she couldn't of gone to Overhaul over him if she wanted to walk the path of a villain. Besides, she wouldn't forget all that they had as children. It was still rather hazy to remember it all, but she was one of the only things he remembered from his past. He doesn't remember his family, he doesn't remember anyone other than her and All for One. Everything was still a blur to him.
He knew one thing though, he was overwhelmingly angry at this bird bastard. First, he kills Magne, then he destroys Compress's arm, and now he has the person he was determined to bring back to his side.
The nerve. Who the hell did he think he was? Going around and ruining everything he had? It was bad enough All Might took his master away and even his childhood friend.
He's lucky he can't off him. At least, not yet anyway. He would do it in time. He just had to throw his suspicions off as much as possible.
He watched as Himari took a couple of steps forward, rather hesitant. Why was she so indecisive? Why was she so nervous? So on edge? Granted, Himari was always like that, but this was different.
He needed to talk to her, away from Overhaul. He wanted answers.
But he wasn't sure he'd get that chance with Overhaul running around. He's not sure what's going on but he could tell this wasn't willingly. Sure, call him a hypocrite if he was never going to let Himari choose the heroes over him. Tomura was at least being polite.
His red eyes and outlook remained relaxed, despite the fury that was building in his slim body, looking at Himari, "What are you talking about, Overhaul?"
"Come now, you don't think your old friend wouldn't want to see you after a long time." Overhaul flipped a hand, noticing Tomura's anger and shock mixed together, "There's no need to be furious with me. I have no intention of hurting her. She's merely making herself useful. She was such a useless card in Yuuei. People like her, with that power, are much better off in the hands of someone like me. You could just thank me really from getting her away from the heroes. She's much better off here."
No, she's not. She's better off with him. He resisted the urge to continue clawing at his itchy neck. Red eyes, narrowing, trying to shake him off the shock that he knew. This bastard figured out she was connected to him? How? She couldn't have told him. She hardly looked happy to be here.
He forces himself back down on the chair, glancing at Himari, who swallowed. She had been silent for the entire time.
They had business to continue to discuss. He highly doubted Overhaul would hand her over to him, but he's getting her out of here eventually. That has already been determined.
He wasn't going to let her stay here. That's for sure.
"You're telling me she picked your side over mine?" Tomura scoffed, "How ridiculous." She knows better than that.
Suddenly, a pistol was shoved into the back of his head, throwing him off guard, "You sure think you can call the shots here, don't you?"
Some weird muppet popped up as well. Tomura's eyes darted to the hooded Yakuza that dared to point his gun at him. He was trying to negotiate. Why are they trying to make this difficult?
He heard Himari gasped in shock at the exchange, but there was no need to worry. He said he was going to make do with this for now, but these bastards weren't going to get that unless they worked with him.
"Who do you think you are, little punk?" The muppet demanded.
"Funny, I was going to say the same to you. Do you think your half baked Yakuza expendables are worth as much as our previous member? That along with the arm you took from Compress?" Tomura clenched a fist, "We either need a negotiation or this is a no go."
Tomura noticed that Himari was about to speak up, but Overhaul raised a hand to silence her, looking back at the other two, "Chrono, Mimic, calm down." He motioned Himari to come near him. Tomura watched as she handed him a piece of paper with detailed notes from the looks of it.
When Chrono and Mimic backed down, Tomura took the opportunity to pull out the bullet that Compress was hit by in their exchange, "This has something to do with it, didn't it? Your plan or whatever. Just what exactly are you going to do?"
"I'm going to destroy justice." Overhaul's golden hues narrowed firmly, "They said All for One had the power to take quirks and that's what made him be an unstoppable force. Think of it like that but changing it up a bit."
"I see." Tomura realized what exactly he meant. If Compress wasn't able to use his quirk, it meant one thing…
He was trying to stop quirks. But how could he get this ability to do so? Had there been something he had been using? A quirk to regulate that?
But how did Himari come into all of this? It doesn't make sense to him. How does someone like her get involved in all of this? Did Overhaul seriously think that he could use her against him? No, he needed more than that reason to snag her.
"That convincing enough?" Overhaul asked him as Tomura sat upwards.
He had to think about this. He knows it wasn't willing. Himari wouldn't go to the likes of him without a reason and that included if she was forced. Himari is still standing here that was slightly irking him. If she was here against her will, why would Overhaul want her to know about this? Is she waiting for something? An order? Wouldn't he not trust her to hear such vital information? Or is Overhaul trying to test him?
This was becoming a headache. It would be so much easier to just ask her. However, he wasn't sure if Overhaul would let her answer. If she was important, then he doubted that there was anything he could do here. He couldn't risk lowering his numbers any further. He would have to figure a way out to confronting her without tipping Overhaul off, but that might end up being a hassle as well.
Why was this so damn difficult?
"Perhaps our goals are quite similar here." Tomura crossed his arms across his chest. Not even a single word out of Himari huh? Perhaps she too is hesitant to speak to him at the moment?
"I do have a few demands of my own." Overhaul straighten his posture in his chair, "Considering you have people that could be quite useful in your group, I will ask for Toga, Twice, and Kurogiri."
"Forget Kurogiri. There's no way I'm going to give him away."
As the conversation went on, Tomura and Overhaul had come to an agreement on the deal. Overhaul would use Toga and Twice for the base and Tomura would be getting something out of it.
He left the base slightly satisfied, but he wouldn't be fully satisfied until that bastard Overhaul got his just deserts.
As he walked past Himari, his shoulder bumped with her as she was unable to get out of his way. Patience, patience, he told himself. His time would eventually open up to take action on her. He would always value his goals far over her anyways. She's not that important. Won't ever be that important.
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Himari looked like she had seen a ghost.
She was honestly shocked that it was this easy for them to cross paths again. In fact, it was hard for her to even move after seeing her old friend sitting across from Overhaul.
Had he planned this? Had he planned her to see this? Himari bit her lip, realizing that he probably did. She shouldn't question him once Tenko is done talking to him. Anxiety hit her like a plague. Could he have been in danger because of her? Was she insurance?
"Don't be shy now." Overhaul's voice snapped her out of her thoughts, gesturing with a gloved hand to come forward, "Didn't you want to see him? I'm giving you something that you wanted."
How did he…?
She noticed a hand reached at Tenko's neck, itching at the scarred flesh. He didn't look happy. His mood clearly showed it. She could tell he was trying to hide it though. It would be easy for other people that didn't have her quirk to notice.
She took a couple of steps forward after a few seconds of silence, walking over slowly. She was about halfway from Overhaul when Tomura's voice called out to the Precepts leader.
"What are you talking about, Overhaul?"
"Come now, you don't think your old friend wouldn't want to see you after a long time." Overhaul flipped a gloved hand, making Himari wonder if he could tell Tenko's anger was there, "There's no need to be furious with me. I have no intention of hurting her. She's merely making herself useful. She was such a useless card in Yuuei. People like her, with that power, are much better off in the hands of someone like me. Who's going to change things in the way that she is. You could just thank me really from getting her away from the heroes. She's much better off here."
She's not sure if she wants to be near either one of their ranks. Sure, Tenko is still a really important person despite what's happened, but she still doesn't want to choose between Tenko and her hero friends. She never wanted to choose. She's tired. She's homesick. She misses home more than anything. She misses the kids at Yuuei. She misses everyone. She doesn't even know how much time has passed since she was dragged here. However, she just wants her simple life. She didn't like to be mixed up in all of this.
"You're telling me she picked your side over mine?" Tomura scoffed, "How ridiculous."
Himari was about to think more on the situation, but a pistol coming from Chrono cut her off from thinking about anything. She's taken by surprise, gasping. There wasn't a need for that. Why did they attack him like that?
"Who do you think you are, little punk?" Mimic demanded, landing beside Chrono.
This exchange made her worry about her own safety now. What if Tenko lashed out? What would happen to him? Or to her? She didn't spend all this time training with Machiko, planning to save Eri just to let herself become a bargaining chip or worse.
"Funny, I was going to say the same to you. Do you think your half baked Yakuza expendables are worth as much as our previous member? That along with the arm you took from Compress?" Tomura clenched a fist, "We either need a negotiation or this is a no go."
Himari let out a sigh of relief mentally to herself. What a relief. She's glad he didn't lash out at them. That would be a nightmare. Then again, she didn't think Tenko would be that reckless.
"Chrono, Mimic, calm down." He motioned Himari to come near him. She nodded, walking over to him, pulling out her detailed report of the day. She handed it over to Overhaul as he continued, "He's trying to negotiate with us. Let him talk."
Chrono and Mimic backed down. While Tomura pulled something out that looked like a bullet. Her eyes widened. That was those quirk canceling bullets, wasn't it? The ones that could stop someone's quirk.
"I'm going to destroy justice." Overhaul's golden hues narrowed firmly, "They said All for One had the power to take quirks and that's what made him be an unstoppable force. Think of it like that but changing it up a bit."
"I see." Tomura nodded in affirmation. He didn't seem to be in the slightest angry as he was or was he able to hide from even her? Was he skilled enough to hide his emotions from her?
She continued to listen to the conversation between Overhaul and Tomura, listening to their exchanges. When they finally finished, she watched Tomura walking towards her, slamming into her shoulder. She stared into those red eyes that look like they were bloodshot, sensing something with his mood that even she couldn't pinpoint.
Was it determination? No, it was something more to it than that. It was something mixed with determination and she didn't know the right word for it.
She watched him leave, unable to look away from him.
"We have work to do, Himari." Overhaul sighed, "I'll have Chrono here take you over to Eri's room with her session. She had quite a long day."
Chrono gestured her to follow him causing Himari's eyes to widen, remembering that he was the reason why she was here.
As they walked through the dark, cold, and steel corridor, Chrono remained silent with her. It was hardly normal silence. Aiden died because of these guys and Himari can't help but feel some resentment.
Machiko's words from earlier were still in her head.
Stop, this isn't your fault. If it's anyone's fault, it's Overhaul's. You didn't do this. You didn't give the order out to kill Aiden. You're a girl who has a powerful quirk, a useful one.
Was that really true? Was it really not her fault? It had to be some of her fault. Sure, she wasn't the one to call the order but maybe if she was stronger, maybe if she picked up on the signs that Aiden might've been her bodyguard…
Maybe he would still be alive. Sure, they're powerful villains, but it's why Himari kept working herself to the point that she gets barely any sleep. It's not like she hasn't developed some kind of form of insomnia since getting here anyways.
Finally, they arrived over to what Himari assumed was Eri's room.
Chrono opened the door, gesturing Himari to walk in. Her top teeth, clenching her lip at the sight of Eri's terrified face. She felt a sting in her heart, slowly walking towards her.
"No please!" Eri's raspy voice screamed. Himari mentally noted to herself that she underwent some horrendous things already today.
"Eri," She took a deep breath, hearing Chrono shut the door, reminding her that she only had one hour. Himari put her hands up in defense, "I won't hurt you." She wouldn't stoop down to Overhaul's level. She wouldn't become like them. She promised herself that.
"But-But, everyone hurts me…" Eri mumbled, "I don't understand." She turned away from Himari, "Don't you hate me? You're with Overhaul so you must be bad."
She wished she could tell her otherwise. She still blames herself for not being strong enough. She couldn't tell Eri everything, especially with Chrono listening in. Overhaul had made sure to keep Himari on a tight leash. Any step out of line would end badly for her. Any slight movement.
"I wish I could tell you otherwise about being bad. I regret everything I do here, Eri," But she doesn't regret doing what she did to protect them. It was a hard decision, but she knew she had to keep going despite this agonizing pain in her chest. If she was going to do anything right, it was going to be saving this little girl. In the end, that's all she wanted to do if she was met with a painful death. Least she knew Tenko was okay.
"But, if there's anything wrong, it's that hating you isn't in my blood. Look at you, you're someone that hadn't wish this kind of fate on yourself." She and Eri were fairly similar. Being used but for completely different reasons.
"We're a lot similar, our quirks are both being used." She wanted to give her a shred of hope, something to live for, but she didn't know if that would make Chrono suspicious. She needed to make sure they didn't know. She needed to be cautious, but if she keeps herself tense, she wouldn't…
She activated her quirk on herself, making herself calm before she could tense up in front of Eri. In front of Chrono. She's been getting plenty of practice, using this part of her quirk. She was getting better and better by every step.
"You're…" Eri trailed off, realizing what she said before she clenched the sheets of her comforter, "No, you're lying. There's no way we're alike."
This was the most words Eri had been saying to her through their entire meetings. She was making progress.
"You'd be surprised." Himari didn't get too close to risk her from running despite knowing that Chrono was right there. She knew what would happen if Eri would get loose. If she did, she would most assuredly be dead on sight, "Some of us aren't here willingly." And she knows she's not, "I didn't have much of a choice, at least."
She heard Eri gasp. Her red eyes, shut tight at those words. Was Himari trying to help her? Was she trying to? No, she couldn't let her die. Other people have died because of her curse. Her very existence. She couldn't, she couldn't…
She couldn't get attached. She couldn't…
"Each and every one of your actions kill people. Yours is a cursed existence."
Overhaul's voice always haunted her. Even if she was asleep, he was still around, and even when she ran away, he was always there, waiting for her.
"You can't run forever, Eri. I'll always find you."
"Please, just go away." Eri muttered through the blankets.
"No, I can't do that." Himari shook her head. She didn't mind giving her alone time, but she knew that Chrono and Overhaul wouldn't allow it.
It's getting hard, resisting the urge to snap. Every day it gets hard. Seeing this, frail, broken, hopeless girl. Her dead red eyes, her urge to be free. The scars she would see on a daily basis. The new bandages that showed the torture she went through every single day.
Himari needed to remind herself that this wouldn't be happening for much longer. It wouldn't. Her, Machiko, and the others had a plan. They would get her out of here.
They stood in silence through the duration of Himari's stay like they usually would. She wished she got her a toy while she was out, but she wasn't allowed in any stores. Not when someone could recognize her.
As she stepped out of the room. Chrono escorted her back to her room. However, when they got away from Eri's room, Chrono stopped in his tracks, causing Himari to stop on her own as well.
"What's wrong?" Himari asked before she was seized up in the air by the back of her neck, being slammed into the wall.
"I have a feeling you were trying something in there." Chrono's voice was low, leaning to whisper into her ear. He took his other free hand and twisted Himari's arm, causing her to wince in pain, "Are you dumb? Did you listen to your warnings? You don't want your little secret getting out, do we?"
Silence was heard. She wasn't even screaming in pain as most people do. She was getting tougher in this place.
He doesn't loosen his grip, "Let's be clear here, Himari. If you seem like you're stepping out of line again, I will not hesitate to tell Overhaul that you're trying something with Eri. Not only will your secrets be out, but you will not like the consequences of what might happen to your...friends."
Himari felt some rage in the pit of the stomach, but refuse to let it out. The nerve of these people, doing all of this because of a child. They don't have a sense of life at all. She's seen it.
"I hope you choose to cooperate with." Chrono dropped her without a second thought, "It would be a shame to lose such a useful quirk and insurance for Shigaraki." He waved her off, "Come on now, wouldn't want you to be late now."
She wanted to yell at him to leave Tenko out of this. Something, anything. However, she came to the conclusion that this would make things worse.
She just needed Eri to hang on a bit longer.
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"Are we good for today?"
Himari panted, holding her umbrella in her hands as Machiko checked the time, "Certainly is. It's about twenty minutes before you're supposed to be back in Headquarters. I have my own stuff to tend to."
Himari looked confused at Machiko's words, "What do you mean?"
Machiko sighed, "Well, I have to get going soon. You know, let the others know."
Himari blinked, a little worried that she was gonna get herself hurt. Noticing this, Machiko smiled, trying to reassure her that everything was good.
"Don't worry Himari. I'll be back. You'll just have to look out for me." She held up two of her fingers, pointing them at the pink-haired girl, "I'll see you soon though."
Himari watched Machiko walk away, confused. Was she gonna be safe? It's been only a couple of days since she saw Tenko and they had been working hard, but Machiko hadn't told anything about their plan. She didn't say anything about it, and she was being kept in the dark about it. Was she doing it to make sure Himari didn't get put at any more risk than what she already was?
Himari hope Machiko wasn't reckless. She was worried about telling her about what happened to Aiden would make her act not rational when the moment came for her to be tactical.
She would just have to trust her to make the right choice. It was time for her to head back.
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Machiko yawned, walking back towards where she was supposed to be. At the Takato agency. She made sure to blend into the crowd for a couple of blocks to make sure that the Yakuza weren't able to tail her. Once she was a few blocks away, she yawned, stretching herself out. She still had her disguise on from the Yakuza but she was able to keep her mask off and hid her face with some standard black mask that some of the Yakuza tended to wear.
Despite looking fairly calm, she knew there was a lot of guilt eating away at her. She hated leaving Himari there but she couldn't be too careful. She knew if she had tried that it would make saving Eri even harder for them. It was already difficult as it was.
Now that the streets weren't so inhibited and she was quite a few ways away, she finally was close to her destination point. The closer she got to the agency, the sooner she would be able to change back into her hero clothes and head over to the agency.
She continued walking before someone seized her arm from the alleyway that she had walked past. She struggled, digging her legs into the ground to prevent her from being dragged away. The figure's grip was too strong for her though. A strong arm covered her mouth with her hand to stop her from screaming if she wanted help.
Nonetheless, Machiko still struggled before the figure covered her nose to prevent oxygen from coming into her system. His gripped loosen briefly. She felt herself being slammed into a wall and a pale hand wrapped around her throat, keeping her cut off from her oxygen.
"You listen here, you little bitch." The gravely, familiar voice called, seeing a glint shining from the hand hiding his face, leaning his face over to whisper in her ear, "If you try anything at all, I will let my last finger touch your neck, and your throat will disintegrate without even a moment's notice."
Machiko's hand clenched his hand wrist trying to pry it off of her neck but it only tightened, "Now, now, what did I tell you, Yakuza trash? Do you want me to rat you out to your boss?"
What? What the fucking hell...
"You can't possibly forget the people around here too that might have the misfortune of walking around here. I would choose your next movements carefully before I desitintergrate you or choke you to death."
Machiko stopped struggling immediately figuring it was best to do so. If she had even a chance to survive and get the information back to the others, she needed to take it.
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Tomura dropped the woman in an instant as she coughed heavily from having her air cut off. He had been watching them when they had been away from the Hassakai. It's how he was able to realize that Overhaul had a spy. He could have told him about such things. However, that would ruin the chance to get his dear old friend Himari back. He didn't need Overhaul ruining that fun now, did he? After all, it was fun watching this hero squirm. As someone who was supposed to be a leader of an agency, she was easy to be subdued.
"Nice of you to make the right choice." Tomura chuckled sinisterly, "Perhaps you heroes aren't all stupid, after all."
He knew of her. Hanato Machiko. Hero name: Takato. She runs an agency completely dedicated to sniffing out those that had the unfortunate luck of falling into the underground. Her group had made quite the commotion there. Sensei showed him a picture of her once.
"What do you want?" Machiko demanded with more of an edge to her voice, "How did you even..."
She was cut off by Tomura's foot slamming right in the wall, pinning her from where she was sitting, "Now, now, I thought you were going to behave." He tsk, giving a terrifying smirk. She's familiar, but it's only because sensei gave him a picture of her once, "I remember you lost a good friend of yours a while back that ran that troublesome little agency of yours. We wouldn't want to add casualties to that, would we?" He leaned into her space, grinning from ear to ear.
Machiko's eyes only darken in response to the mention of Aiden. Yes, Tomura heard that chattered that one of them had died in the underground.
When he didn't hear some smart remark from her, Tomura continued speaking, "Good to see you conforming." He leaned back, almost to his full height, "Now, I need you to answer a couple of questions. Don't think about lying now. I'll rat you out to Overhaul if you don't answer them honestly."
Machiko kept herself calm, biting her lip, "What makes you think I can't rat you out to him? If you kill me, Overhaul is sure to know that you did something."
Annoying. Tomura mentally noted to himself. Does this little bitch think she can get the drop on him now? However, he found one flaw in her words.
"Oh? Do you think you're that important to him? You must be really stupid if you think that. You're just a run of the mill pawn to him. If he threw you away, you wouldn't even be that important to him." Tomura gets close to her face that she can feel his hot breath on her, "He couldn't possibly care about the murder of one of his expendables."
"You're right, he wouldn't care." Machiko glared at his red eyes, "Even with that said, how do you not think you or your League might not be punished for interfering on his little group?"
This was troublesome. Even if he was able to kill her, the suspicion would drive Overhaul to him immediately. It could jeopardize the alliance he worked for, and that wouldn't work well at all.
"Let me cut to the chase then," Tomura stepped back from her, rising to his full height. He kept his foot against the wall to make sure she wouldn't go anywhere, "What are you doing in the Yakuza disguised?"
"If you know who I am, then you know what I do." She retorted back at him, seeming like she knew full well she had some leverage in this as well, "It doesn't take a genius to figure out I'm gathering information."
This once was snippy. Sassy. He still couldn't shake the fact that he needed to interrogate this hero to find out what happened. What a complete disaster. He couldn't even kill this bitch without tipping off that toucan piece of garbage.
"Are you always this much of a bitch? Don't forget what I can do to you." He cracked all five of his right fingers, narrowing his eyes at her.
"Don't think Overhaul would be suspicious of you killing one of his own? Especially after what happened? It pays to be a mere expendable to Overhaul. You can hear some chatter through communications." She waved a hand, "Besides, we wouldn't want you to be killed by Overhaul, would we?"
Suddenly, her hair was pulled roughly as her back slammed into the wall.
"Did I ask for your opinion?" Tomura growled, not letting go of the vice grip he had on her hair, "I might not be able to kill you, but there might be a little accident if you dare to take an attitude with me further." If she forced his hand, of course.
"Don't think Overhaul might not get suspicious. From the chatter I heard, you lost a member and their arm too. You would be the first suspect they would be suspicious of." He could feel her head pounding from the grip on her hair,, "Now, do you have questions any further, or are you going to let go of me?"
She's clever, and he hates it. This is becoming much more annoying than he had anticipated.
"Not quite, actually. If I had any reason to just ask you, I would've already walked away." His fingers in his free hand-cracked, "What's your tie to helping that hero girl who's in the Yakuza? Don't play dumb with me now, I've been seeing you with her outside the last couple of days."
Silence crept in, almost agitating him further, "Well?" His hand gripped Machiko's hair harder, watching her bite her lip to suppress a scream, "If you lie…"
She groaned, deciding to comply with him, "It's because she's an old friend of mine. She lived in the same village as me when we were kids"
What?
A fury went through his body before slamming her head in the wall. She was a friend? An old one? Had he have seen her? No, there was only him and Himari. That's all he had remembered. There was no other person. This woman was lying. He was the only friend she had back then. Why couldn't Himari understand that? Why couldn't any of them understand that? All these heroes and their holier than thou complex.
He knew though that Himari had wanted to see him, and he needed to wait. As much as he wanted to tear Overhaul's body to dust, he had to remember he had to keep up appearances. Besides, his plans were far more important than some dumb childhood friend.
This means as much as he wanted to kill Himari's 'friend' here, he couldn't do it. However, that doesn't mean he won't get the chance. After all, she's a leader of an agency, after all.
However, the last thing he was gonna do was to show he actually had some kind of connection to her.
"Why do you want to hear about her anyway?" Machiko groaned in pain. He was definitely strong in strength despite his lanky figure.
"You don't need to know." Came the response, "She just has an interesting power," It was more to himself. To act like he didn't need her, to act like he didn't have this urge to go after her. It's only her power that he's interested in. Their past meant nothing, "She's a useful asset, plain and simple."
So, he did have a plan? Machiko's eyes narrowed as he backed away from her, "Whatever." Tomura scoffed, taking a few steps backward, "I have a feeling you and I will meet again, Hanato Machiko."
Machiko narrowed her eyes, "You won't get her in your grasp. I'll make sure of it."
Tomura stopped in his tracks, "Oh? Are you gonna force her? Some friend you are. She's the only one that makes that decision." He's not sure though how he would respond with her going with them. She didn't belong with them. She knows what she would have to do, and he was confident that she would go with them in the end. Willing, or otherwise. Tomura turned away from the Takato leader, "When we meet again, I'll have to kill you."
Machiko snorted, watching him leave, "Good luck with that."
Tomura snorted, "I don't need luck." He told her softly before he was finally gone.
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Machiko let out a heavy sigh, rubbing the head that was bleeding. Shit, Hitomi wasn't gonna be happy when she got back to the agency, and if she was banged up, Nighteye was bound to give her a lecture for the meeting tomorrow. Suddenly, her phone rang. She picked it up, noticing who it was. Speak of the devil, "Hello?"
"Machiko? You sound like you went through a fight."
Nighteye.
"May I remind you that you need to be here tomorrow for our plan? I told you already that you overstayed your infiltration in the Shie Hassaskai. It's bad enough you stayed this long. There's something you're not telling me-"
"It's nothing, I assure you. I didn't go through " God forbid if Tenko was still around, trying to figure out what's gonna happen. The last thing she needed was him to find out. She was far enough to be away from the Shie Hassaskai. However, that didn't mean Tomura wouldn't still be watching.
"Did something happen?" Nighteye asked through Machiko's phone.
"I'll tell you tomorrow. I haven't told you everything anyways." Machiko sighed, hanging up the phone.
When she declared Himari was an old friend, the fear had crept in her body from that. There was something with Tomura that was something that scared her and she cannot pinpoint what exactly that was. One couldn't throw her off guard like that. Not many people could scare her these days.
She needed to get back to the agency. She can think about this later.
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"There's been suspicion, Overhaul."
Chronostasis had seen the dead body hanging from the noose that was wrapped on the ceiling. Judging by the looks, the dead woman had been committing suicide out of sheer desperation. It wasn't unusual for one of their small soldiers to try to kill themselves. Most hadn't been from a good walk of life, per se.
"That there was a spy among us." He watched Overhaul looking up at the sight, the corpse hung there, dangling from dead air.
Overhaul's nostrils from beneath his mask were disgusted at the mere sight of a dead body, and the smell, "Disgusting," He muttered to no one in particular. He would have to give himself a shower just by the fume of this room, "You're saying this was the one?"
"It's certainly possible. However, why would the spy kill themselves?"
"Exactly, this one wasn't stupid enough to not cover their tracks." Overhaul had a feeling whoever it was, had been there for information, "We'll have to investigate it. The spy made it look like she herself had died when in reality, the dead body has been dead for a while."
"How was anyone able to act like the smell wasn't there?" Chronostatsis asked.
"Because this spy came prepared. She had something along that helped her hide the smell of the corpse. There's no way this recruit had been dead for such a short amount of time. Dead bodies have to be dead for about 24-48 hours before they smell. This one was dead for longer than that. They must've had a device to get rid of the smell." Overhaul had to admit, he hadn't seen this good of a cover-up for a long time. Not many people can throw him off. They must've been experienced in this kind of field. They must have done it multiple times. He needed to make sure whoever was the spy was unsuccessful in their plan. However, if she had gotten away, they better be prepared, "See if any files have been breached. I want this investigated as soon as possible."
Oh, snap, it looks like Overhaul is onto Machiko. I wonder how things will go now? Hahahaha tune in to find out next year! Feel free to review/follow/favorite!