Byakuya and Mukuro were sitting in the car just outside an abandoned warehouse. The warehouse was in the middle of nowhere. A perfect location for a final showdown without getting disturbed.
Byakuya had not yet told Mukuro that he carried a gun on him. The one that the Nephilim never stole because the weapon in question was hidden in a pillow on his bed.
He didn't fully trust Mukuro, but he needed her help and was only keeping her at arm's length until he knew if Mukuro indeed was a mole or she was simply an innocent bystander that he dragged into this mess.
It was 7 pm, and the sun was still out. It was a warm night, and it was one of the reasons why summer was the best.
"How are you feeling?" Mukuro asked.
"Nervous," Byakuya replied. "I don't know what to expect."
"Same here, see if I get shot. Can I get a pay rise?"
Byakuya looked at Mukuro unimpressed.
"What?" Mukuro said. "You've dragged me into this mess. If I get hurt, then I will be hounding you until I get a reward."
"You best not get hurt then," Byakuya replied. "Because I have little interest in rewarding you."
"Charming as ever," Mukuro said sarcastically.
Byakuya ignored her. "Come on, let's head in."
The pair got out of the car and headed inside the warehouse. They headed past the reception area and headed into a massive hall. They saw Byakuya Togami, rather the Nephilim standing in front of them. Behind the Nephilim they saw Kyoko and Aoi on their knees, arms tied their backs, and cloths in their mouths so they couldn't speak.
Aoi started to scream through the cloth when she saw Mukuro.
"Will you be quiet Hina," Dumah said, shaking his head. "I know your lover is here. You don't need to scream."
Aoi went quiet. She knew it was pointless to scream. Byakuya wouldn't know what she was trying to say.
"Let her go!" Byakuya said, keeping his gun inside his blazer pocket for now. He was waiting for the right time to shoot the Nephilim, so he could rip its heart out while the creature was stunned.
"Her?" Dumah said, folding his arms smirking. "What about your best detective? Do you not care about her?"
Ariel sent a glare at Byakuya.
Byakuya saw the glare. "Don't give me that look Kirigiri, you know very well that Hina comes first because she is my girlfriend." Ariel rolled her eyes as Byakuya refocused his eyes on the Nephilim. "Why don't you show us your real form."
"Why should I?" Dumah said, tilting her head. "What benefit does it give you if you saw my real face?"
"So, I can laugh at your true face while you're on the ground, dying pleading to be saved!"
"Sure," Dumah said sarcastically. Then he looked at Mukuro. "I didn't expect you here, Ikusaba. Did Togami drag you along?"
Byakuya eyes narrowed as he turned right to look at Mukuro. "I knew it, you were really a mole!"
Mukuro didn't reply as she turned her head away from Byakuya.
"Not by choice," Dumah chuckled. "Oh Togami, don't be mad at her. Did you know that she has a younger twin sister?"
"What?" Byakuya said stunned. Aoi was stunned to hear this as well.
"It's true," Dumah said. "Junko Enoshima, a famous model. Put a blonde wig on Ikusaba, and she will be like her little sister."
"Ikusaba is this true? Do you have a twin sister?" Byakuya asked.
"Go on Ikusaba show Togami a pic of you and your sister," Dumah chuckled.
'What is Dumah playing at? Why is he trying to drag my sister into this?' Mukuro thought. She pulled out her phone and went through the pictures until she got one of her and Junko smiling. She showed Byakuya.
Byakuya was left shocked. "Why didn't you say to us?"
"Because I love my sister and I want to protect her the best I can. The last thing I want is people being creepy and asking me for my sister's number if anyone learned the truth," Mukuro replied honestly.
"When I learned about Ikusaba having a sister, I made my move and threatened Ikusaba to kill her sister if she didn't become my mole," Dumah lied.
'He is trying to clear my name!' Mukuro thought. 'He never knew I had a sister until I told him.'
"Your girlfriend thought Ikusaba was a Nephilim," Dumah continued. "But the latter helped me kidnapped the former. But the truth is, Ikusaba isn't a Nephilim. She is my loyal slave, providing she doesn't want her sister to die."
Aoi felt stupid again. There she was accusing another person of being a Nephilim without knowing the full truth. Once she got out of this mess. She was going to say sorry to Mukuro and try to act for mature instead of losing the plot like she has been doing, and learn not to label someone a Nephilim until she had all the proof.
"You monster!" Byakuya said angerly. "Ikusaba please forgive me. If you told me that truth, then I could have helped you."
"My sister life is the most important thing to me," Mukuro said quietly. "We have been through thick and thin. If I lost her. I think I would be lost in despair."
Byakuya studied Mukuro and he could that she wasn't lying. Her love for her sister was strong. Just like his love for Aoi was.
"Now it's my turn to share some secrets," Dumah said. "Over 200 years, my cousin and I were only children when our worlds fell apart. Do you know who caused this?"
"My ancestor?" Byakuya asked.
"You got it!" Dumah said sarcastically. "But it wasn't just him. He had a crew. See, my cousin and I had happy childhoods. We lived in a small village with our mums who both loved us for who we were. Our village was small, but it was home, and the people who lived there always improved the village year by year. But one day your ancestor and crew came to our village and killed everyone!" Dumah said angerly as he clenched his fists. "Togami was looking for the Nephilim. But his crew slaughter EVERYONE! They were humans! Then his gang killed our mothers in front of my cousin and me. Our mothers were humans, but your ancestor didn't care. Whatever he and his team killed as long the Nephilim were part of the killing then it was a win for them!"
Ariel held herself together so she couldn't blow her cover. But hearing their past still hurts her badly.
Mukuro was left shocked by Dumah and Ariel's pasts. Now she fully understood why the pair heated the Togami bloodline with passion.
However, Byakuya wasn't moved. "Twisting the story to make my bloodline were the monster are you Nephilim? My ancestors stood for justice."
"Justice, eh?" Dumah said unimpressed. "Killing innocent people for fun is justice to you? It's you and your bloodline who are the real monsters."
Dumah turned around and walk over to Aoi, He went on his knees and pull the cloth out of her mouth.
"Now Hina I've got a simple question for you. Would you kill and burn a whole village just to ensure you have killed two Nephilim when the rest of the villagers are human? Men, women and children alike?"
"Of course not," Aoi said, shocked at the thought of burning children. "I would ensure and ensure I have the Nephilim without killing any innocent humans."
"Good answer," Dumah replied. He stood back up and went back to his original position. "So, why couldn't your ancestor couldn't do that Togami, huh? Oh, that's right your ancestor was beast who didn't care what he or his crew killed!"
Aoi slowly without making a noise, made her way over to Ariel. "I'm going to try and untie you," she whispered to the detective. "I'm in no state to fight because of my arm." She made her way around Ariel's back and tied to untie the latter.
Byakuya saw this and knew stalling for time was his best bet. Then he and Kyoko could outnumber the Nephilim.
"So what?" Byakuya replied. "That happened over 200 years ago. We have changed. I'm nothing like my ancestor according to 'your' reports. I work for the police, my job is to protect innocent people."
"Try and say that to your ancestor!" Dumah sneered.
Meanwhile, Aoi had managed untie Kyoko. The former was proud of herself manging to untie someone with her own hands tied behind her back. However, she felt that uniting Kyoko was more straightforward than it should have been. It felt like the Nephilim hadn't tied Kyoko's hands hard enough.
"Thank you," Ariel whispered loud enough for Aoi to hear. "Let me deal with the rest." Ariel slowly began to untie her legs.
'Kirigiri needs another minute,' Byakuya thought. "So what is your name Nephilim?"
"I go by two names," Dumah replied. "Which one would like to hear. My human name or my angel name?"
"Angel," Byakuya replied.
"It's Dumah."
Byakuya watched Kyoko stand up, and he knew the time was now to strike. "Well done, Kirigiri!"
Dumah quickly turned around to see Ariel standing up.
Byakuya knew this was the chance. He pulled out the gun with his left hand and shot Dumah in the back, paralyzing him thanks to the special poison that was in the bullet.
Ariel's heart sank as she watched her cousin get shot. It wasn't supposed to go like this.
"FUCK!" Dumah roared as he slowly transformed into his normal form. "I can't move!"
"That's right scum!" Byakuya laughed. "You're fucked!"
"You have a fucking gun!" Mukuro said fuming. "Why did you lie to me!"
"Because I couldn't trust you. I thought you were the mole. In truth, you were, but you were forced. I will give you a pay raise will that keep you happy?"
"I want my own office as well!" Mukuro demanded.
"Fine!" Byakuya groaned.
"Kirigiri help me!" Dumah pleaded. "I know you seek something more than working a mere detective."
"Don't listen to him Kirigiri!" Aoi firmly. "He has kidnapped you as well."
"Are you going to listen to a woman who has treated you like crap? Kirigiri, we can rule Japan together. I can fill that ego of yours," Dumah said.
"I doubt you can," Ariel replied unconvinced.
"How about becoming head of the Japanese police force. All of the stations in Japan under your control. The power you would have… Help Kirigiri, and I will help you."
"Kirigiri I will give you anything you want," Byakuya said quickly. "Don't listen to his lies."
"Anything?" Ariel said, looking interested.
"Yes, name it, and I will make it happen."
"Hmm… I want your job," Ariel said, folding her arms.
"What?!" Byakuya said stunned.
"You heard me," Ariel smirked. "I want your job no if no buts. You owe me after you dragged me into this mess."
"Fine," Byakuya groaned. "Only once I give Ikusaba want she wants. I think me leaving here for a few months would be good for me."
"Good," Ariel smiled. She walked passed Dumah and stood to the left Byakuya. "Sorry, Nephilim your deal wasn't good enough to cover the fact that you were plotting to kill me."
"Hey, what about me?" Aoi said, somewhat annoyed.
Byakuya looked at Mukuro. "Go and untie Hina then I can kill this Nephilim, and we can put all of this behind us."
Mukuro walked over to Aoi and began to untie her.
"Ikusaba I'm sorry for screaming at you," Aoi said regrettably.
"It's fine," Mukuro replied emotionless.
Aoi watched Byakuya put his gun away and pulled out a rather sharp kitchen knife with his hand. She let out a big sigh. It was going to be all over. For now, at least because she knew they were so many more Nephilim out in the wild.
'Togami has let his guard down perfect,' Ariel thought.
However, any happy ending that Aoi thought was over as she saw Kyoko grab Byakuya's left arm and twisting with much force causing his arm to break.
Byakuya dropped the knife in pain as he fell to the ground. Ariel then kicked Byakuya the chest so hard he began to cough on blood.
"Dumah are you alright?" Ariel said, concerned.
"Yes, I'm slowing beginning to gain control of my body again," he replied.
"TRAITOR!" Aoi screamed, causing Mukuro to jump in fear.
"Shut up, Hina," Ariel said darkly. "Honestly, that's all you can do now days is scream at everyone and label everyone a traitor or Nephilim. But I guess this time around you were right about me being a Nephilim. I am the cousin that Dumah spoke about. My angel name is Ariel."
"How?" Byakuya said weakly. "How did you manage not to set off any of my trackers?"
"Simple because of this," Ariel said. She took off her gloves and put them in her pocket and began to tap on the ring that was on her left hand. "This ring was given to me by my uncle over 200 years ago. It hid our presence from all trackers."
"My father to be precise," Dumah said as began to turn around slowly to face Byakuya. "The Devil."
"The Devil…" Aoi said horrified. "Your l-lying!"
"Oh, he is not," Ariel smirked. "Even Ikusaba had the honour of meeting the man himself."
Mukuro stayed silent.
Dumah clenched both of his fists, and it looked like he appeared to be powering up like in an anime. He forced the bullet out of his body, and it dropped to the ground. He began to move his arms freely.
He walked over to Byakuya and grabbed the latter by the neck and lift him up with ease.
"Now you will die Togami and so will your bloodline!" Dumah said darkly. "Then, our pain can finally end!"
"Fuck you scum!" Byakuya said in defiance. Then he spat on Dumah's face.
Dumah narrowed his eyes on Byakuya and threw the latter with all his might into a wall.
Aoi watched in horror as she watched her boyfriend crashed into a wall with such force that it could break every bone in his body. Which it did as Byakuya couldn't move nor feel anything.
Ariel walked over to Aoi and pulled out a gun that was hidden in her blazer. "Step aside Ikusaba," Ariel said emotionless. Mukuro moved away quickly and watched as Ariel and Aoi had a staredown.
"Fuck you!" Aoi sneered. "You will meet your end one day. That I can promise you. You and your kind are scum and a black mark on this world."
Ariel began to laugh. "If only you listened to Dumah's advice and didn't date Togami. You would be safe and sound right now. But you were willing to give birth to another killer. As a detective. It is my duty to stop these things."
Aoi spat on Ariel's right shoe. "Scum like you deserve to be spit on."
Ariel let out a sigh, "It's going to be a double dose of ironic judgement. I'm going to kill you in the same way my mother was killed all those years ago and with the very same gun that Togami give me… Goodbye Aoi Asahina."
Ariel aimed the gun at Aoi's head and pulled the trigger killing Aoi on the spot. Her now lifeless body fell to the floor.
"Now it's time for your death Togami!" Dumah said darkly. He walked over to Byakuya's broken body. He grabbed Byakuya's left arm, dragged him out of the room.
Ariel followed him as did Mukuro. The latter was keen to see what the Nephilim pairing would do to her soon be dead boss.
They walked outside of the building, and it was starting to get dark. A mixture of light and dark clashed in the sky.
Mukuro was left in shock as she watched angel wings appear behind Dumah and Ariel's backs.
"Ariel let's finish this," Dumah said.
"Yes, finally," Ariel said as she grabbed Byakuya's right arm and the pair flew up into the sky with Byakuya merely being a passager.
Byakuya looked down and grew terrified. He was going to die.
"This is for my mother Sara Naegi," Dumah said.
"This is for my mother Nico Kirigiri," Ariel said.
The two cousins smiled at each other as they let go off Byakuya and watched him fall to the ground killing him.
Mukuro didn't watch as she turned the other way covering her ears from the awful crunching noise of Byakuya's body hitting the ground.
"It's finally over Ariel," Dumah said with tears in his eyes.
"Yes, it is," Ariel replied as tears rolled down her cheeks.
The two Nephilim hugged in their victory.
Thank you for reading.
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