While Rock was busy translating for Balalaika in a meeting, both Revy and Jasmine were standing outside keeping watch when a guy with dirty blonde hair walked over to them and smiled at Jasmine as he said, "Hey hot stuff, how about you and I go somewhere private where we can get to know each other better?" And Jasmine looked at the guy as she replied,

"Could you speak fucking english for a start? I don't speak Japanese! And second of all, I'm already with someone so why don't you do us both a favour and find some whore on the street to bang instead."

And the guy put his foot on the wall next to Jasmine as he said with slight anger in his voice, "Listen here you smart ass bitch! When I want something I usually get it! I'm sure your boyfriend can't please you like I can. So how about it?" Then Revy let out a puff of smoke from the cigarette she was smoking before she said to Chaka,

"Look dumbass, she said she wasn't interested okay? So why don't you just fuck off and find someone else. And for the record she murdered her last boyfriend!"

And Chaka smiled at Revy as he replied, "Maybe I want to have someone like you instead, I can make it worth your while." Revy then stuck her middle finger up at Chaka as she said,

"Fuck off, like her, I'm also taken."

Rock then came out of the room he was in for Balalaika's meeting, when he saw Chaka with Revy and Jasmine before he said, "Come on Revy, and Jasmine, let's go. We have another meeting to get to." And Chaka turned to face Rock as he said to him,

"Why don't you run along, can't you see the adults are talking here?"

But Rock just stayed where he was, which irritated Chaka as he said, "What? are you her boyfriend or something? I said run along! Or I will kick your ass!" And Rock still refused to move so Chaka scowled at him as he added, "You know, you're really starting to piss me off and I don't like people who piss me off!" Before he then slammed his fist into Rock's jaw knocking him to the ground before he then started kicking him in his ribs and looked back at both Jasmine and Revy as he said to them, "Come on! if you don't do something I'm gonna kill him!"

Jasmine just leaned against the wall and let out a sigh as she said, "Go ahead, I don't care if you kill him or not. But...it would be a very bad idea if you did." And Revy smiled as she said to Chaka,

"You can kill that dumbass if you want, but I doubt Hotel Moscow will be very happy about the fact you killed their only translator. It's up to you."

Then another Yakuza member saw what was going on as he said, "Chaka! Let's go, you've caused enough trouble for one night." Before he then turned to both Revy and Jasmine as he bowed and added, "Please excuse Chaka's actions. We mean no harm." before the Yakuza member then dragged Chaka away from the scene.

Jasmine then walked over to Rock and helped him up to his feet as she said to him, "Wow Rock, you really love being a punching bag. You at least could have tried to fight back." And Rock smiled a little at Jasmine as he replied,

"You could have helped, Jasmine. Anyway we just have one more meeting today and then we will be done for the day."

Jasmine then smiled a little back at Rock and before she could say anything, Revy said to Rock, "We're gonna need ya to ask Benny to send over my cutlass pistols and Jasmine's weapons as well. I have a feeling things are gonna get bloody."


Later...

Rock was busy talking to Benny on one of the pay phones they found as he said, "Revy told me to ask you to send over her cutlass pistols and Jasmine's weapons as well, Benny." And Benny replied on the other end of the phone,

"That's an interesting request, why? is there trouble brewing?"

And Rock let out a sigh as he said on the phone, "Yeah. Something like that, I guess Revy just wants to be safe than sorry." And Benny replied on the phone,

"Alright Rock, I'll have them shipped out for you. Have fun."

Meanwhile Jasmine was waiting in the hotel room she was sharing with Revy as Revy went to get some more cigarettes, when she heard a knock on the door as the person said, "Room service!" And Jasmine thought to herself, "That's odd, neither me or Revy ordered any room service. Unless Rock ordered some room service and forgot to tell me about it." So Jasmine slowly walked towards the door and slowly opened the door and faked a smile at the waiter as she said,

"Thank you so much, come on in."

So the waiter walked into the room and Jasmine closed the door behind him, something felt off about this waiter to Jasmine, especially when she noticed he didn't carry a plate or have a trolly with him but she decided to play along for now as she said, "I think you may have forgotten to bring my order with you, sir." and her suspicions were soon confirmed when the waiter pulled a knife from his sleeve as he replied,

"No, I have everything I need right here!"

Before the waiter then suddenly lunged at Jasmine, trying to stab her with the knife but Jasmine managed to barely get out of the way as the knife slightly cut her top and grazing her skin underneath, and the waiter had a little smirk on his face as he saw he had drawn a little blood from Jasmine before he lunged at her again and Jasmine dodged out of the way of the knife once more.

Jasmine continued to dodge or avoid the knife being thrusted at her, before she then thrustd her knee into the waiter's ribs causing to gasp for air before she then slammed her right fist into his jaw knocking him to the ground and causing some blood to drip from his nose, her breathing was a little heavy as she looked at the waiter and said, "Just who the fuck are you, buddy? What do you want from me?"

And the waiter slowly got back up to his feet and wiped the blood from his nose, his breathing was also a little heavy as he replied, "I thought you would recognise me. I'm Jason and I am here to claim the bounty placed on your head! Jasmine." And in that moment, Jasmine's eyes widened as she shook her head and said,

"You're lying! I killed Jason! There is no way you could be Jason!"

Jason then looked at Jasmine and took a deep breath as he calmly replied, "It's the truth, I am Jason and I admit I wasn't sure myself if I would survive you shooting me in the chest, and yet here we are. Why don't we reignite the spark we had with each other?" And Jasmine scowled at her ex boyfriend as she growled,

"And what? So you can use me as your personal punching bag again? Sorry not this time, you can go to fucking hell! And this time I will make sure you stay dead!"

Before Jasmine screamed as she charged at Jason and tackled him to the ground, before she then rained down fist after fist in to his jaw, his face becoming more and more bloody with each punch, Jason tried to stab Jasmine again with the knife he had but he only managed to get her in her side but Jasmine was fueled by so much anger and hatred that the pain didn't even register.

Jasmine then pulled the knife out from her side and looked down at her ex boyfriend with nothing but rage in her eyes and tried to stab him in his face several times but Jason had lucky that Jasmine barely missed each time he tilted his head out of the way, before he then headbutted Jasmine causing her to collapse to the ground next to him. Assuming Jasmine was out cold, Jason slowly got back to his feet.

But as Jason went to walk towards the door, he felt a sharp pain in his left leg and he looked down and saw that Jasmine had stabbed him in the leg and he groaned in pain as he said, "You don't know when to give up, do you?" And Jasmine glared up at Jason as she growled in reply,

"And you don't know when to stay dead!"

Before Jasmine then pulled herself back to her feet as she held the knife in her hand, before Jason threw a punch at Jasmine and she ducked it and stabbed the knife in his chest causing his to cry out in pain, and Jason took another swing at Jasmine and she side stepped him before wrapping her arms around his neck in a tight choke hold and Jason struggled for air in her grip and he tried a few elbows to her ribs to break the hold.

However, Jasmine refused to let go and only seemed to tighten her grip around Jason's neck before she then watched as her ex boyfriend dropped to his knees and she took to the knife from his chest and placed it over his throat as she coldly said, "No one escapes the angel of death, see you in hell!" before slicing his throat with the knife and watched as her ex boyfriend choked on his own blood on the floor of the hotel room.

After it was over, Jasmine dropped to her knees and held her side in pain as tears began to form in her eyes as she said to herself, "I'm a monster! Why couldn't he just stay dead!" Tears then soon began falling from Jasmine's face as she knelt there next to her ex boyfriend's corpse and sobbed, before Revy then walked through the door of their hotel room and said,

"Hey short fuse, I'm back, sorry I took longer than expected, those waiting lines were a nightmare."

Before Revy then saw Jasmine kneeling next to a body sobbing, and immediately ran over to her and held her tight in a hug as she said, "Hey, I'm here short fuse, what the fuck happened while I was gone?" And Jasmine tried to push Revy away but struggled with how much pain she was in before she sobbed,

"Stay away from me! I'm nothing but a monster! I thought my ex boyfriend was dead, but he came back to haunt me so I had no choice but to kill him after he tried to kill me!"

But Revy didn't let go as she just held Jasmine tighter as she said to her, "You're not a monster, it was either you or him and ya did what ya had to do to survive." And Jasmine just rested her head against Revy's chest as she continued to sob, before she then eventually cried herself to sleep in Revy's arms.


Thenextday...

Rock was sitting in a car in between Revy and Jasmine as they were headed to their next meeting, and Rock tried to ask Jasmine, "So Jasmine, Revy told me something happened in your hotel room yesterday, do you wanna tell me what happened?" And Jasmine just looked at the city of Tokyo from the window of the car as she plainly replied,

"I don't want to talk about it."

But Rock tried to press a little deeper as he asked, "Why? What could have been so bad that you don't want to talk about Jasmine?" And this time Jasmine glared daggers at Rock as she answered with a hint of anger in her voice,

"I said I don't want to talk about it Rock! I'm only here as your bodyguard, not to sit here and have a fucking tea party! So drop it, ok?"

Revy just sat there and let out a puff of smoke from her cigarette she was smoking, before she said to Rock, "I tried to warn ya that Jasmine might not be in a talking mood, but as usual your dumbass didn't listen." Before they all then soon arrived at the next meeting and they stepped out of the car and Jasmine just walked ahead of the others, the thought of what happened last night weighed heavily on her mind and she was not in the mood for anyone's shit today.

Balalaika was there to greet them with a sadistic smirk on her face before she looked at Jasmine and said to her, "And how is the angel of death today? I heard that someone you used to love tried to assassinate you last night." And Jasmine curled her hands into tight fists and grit her teeth, but even she knew better than to mess with Balalaika, so she just let out a sigh as she deadpanned in reply,

"I'm fine ma'am. Nothing I wasn't used to from my former line of work."

Revy knew Balalaika was intentionally pushing Jasmine's buttons and she didn't like it one bit, she of all people knew how Balalaika thinks and she knew Balalaika knew exactly what to say and get under Jasmine's skin enough to the point even she knew Jasmine wouldn't challenge her, and now Jasmine was a walking timebomb just waiting for that final push that would make her lose her shit and lash out.

It was silent outside the meeting room, Revy wanted to say something to Jasmine but she was afraid of saying the wrong thing and setting her off, so she just lit a cigarette and started to smoke it as she let out a puff of smoke before Jasmine finally spoke as she asked, "Could you light me one? I could really use a smoke right now." And Revy just smiled as she took another cigarette from her packet and handed it to Jasmine before lighting it with her lighter, Before she then said,

"I get how you feel short fuse, but if you get hung up on the past then ya can't really move on. Ya need to just let it go. Whatever happened, happened."

Jasmine leant against the wall and let out a puff of smoke from her cigarette before she sighed and replied, "It's not that easy for me to let go of my past Revy, Jason was my first love and I really thought we had something together, then for three fucking years that asshole made me believe he was dead but all this time he was working here in Japan and just waited for the moment to get his revenge and claim a fucking bounty that has been put on my head, You and I have only just started dating and I don't even know what we have together."

And Revy walked a little closer to Jasmine so that their lips were inches apart, before she said, "What we have together? It can be whatever you want it to be between us, Jasmine. Because I love you and I will protect you with my life." And Jasmine's heart started to beat a little faster, she knew what she wanted and she wasn't sure if words would be enough, so Jasmine leant forward and pressed her lips against Revy's and Revy was happy to return the kiss.

Then Jasmine's arms slowly snaked their way around Revy's waist and pulled her closer, deepening the kiss in the process and closed her eyes as they continued to make out with each other for a few minutes, before their make out session was interrupted by the sound of gun shots and Jasmine quickly opened her eyes again as both Balalaika and Rock walked out of the room along with Boris, all of them slightly covered in blood before Balalaika smirked at both Revy and Jasmine as she said,

"If you two are finished making out with each other, it's time for us to leave."

Both Revy and Jasmine blushed deeply before Revy then took Jasmine's hand into her own as they all left the building, which as soon surrounded by the local police and Revy just ran past the officers with Jasmine and hopped on a nearby bike as the flew down the road towards the docks, with Rock following after them in a taxi.

But as they were driving towards the docks, they were suddenly hit by a truck and sent flying across the ground, both Revy and Jasmine struggled to get back to their feet as the girl they met earlier stepped out of the truck with her bodyguard Ginji who was holding a katana while she held a gun. Before Yukio fired a few shots from her gun at Revy and Jasmine but missed every shot as she said to them, "Please, take us with you. Take us to Roanapur with you."

Rock also got out from the taxi and looked shocked as he said, "Yukio? Whatever you think you are doing, you don't have to do this. You don't have to be involved with a life of crime." And Yukio looked at Rock as she simply replied,

"I'll do what needs to be done in order to ensure the Washinime clan's survival. So please don't resist."

Then Revy pulled her cutlass pistols from her holsters as she said to Ginji, "This is the perfect place for us to fight, Let's see who's faster? Your sword or my bullets?" And Ginji smiled at Revy as he replied,

"I agree miss, this would be the perfect place to test my skills against someone as skilled with a gun like yourself."

And Jasmine slowly walked over to Revy with a smile on her face as she said, "I want in on the fun as well. I wanna see what I can do against a skilled swordsman like you." And Ginji nodded his head in agreement before all three of them then slowly started to circle around each other before Revy then made the first move as she opened fire on Ginji and Ginji blocked or deflected Revy's bullets as he tried to get close enough to use his sword, but Jasmine drew his attention as she fired a few shots from her Berretta drawing the swordsman away from Revy.

Ginji then got close enough to Jasmine and took a swing with his sword and Jasmine barely managed to dodge out of the way and the Katana just grazed her skin making a little cut on her left arm, and both Ginji and Jasmine smiled at each other before Revy then fired some bullets at Ginji forcing him to turn his attention towards her as bullets from both Jasmine and Revy littered the ground.

Meanwhile Rock was standing next to Yukio watching the fight, he wanted to stop it but he also knew he was powerless to do anything, as Yukio said, "Ginji has always been there for me ever since my father died. I know he can win this." And eventually Ginji had Revy on the ground and was going in for the kill with a smirk on his face before some blood splattered from the side of his head and he collapsed to the ground next to Revy, and Revy looked to see Jasmine holding her sniper rifle as the barrel was smoking.

Yukio then looked horrified as she said, "Ginji!" and Rock ran over to Revy before he took the sword stuck in her left leg and said,

"This is gonna hurt a little, hold still."

Revy screamed in pain as Rock pulled the sword from her leg and placed it on the ground next to her, Jasmine then walked over to them and knelt down next to Revy as Yukio picked up the sword as she said, "Without Ginji, I have nothing. Ginji had always been there for me and I wanted to be there for him. I guess being involved with a life of crime was too much to ask." Before she then pointed the sword at her throat and Revy's eyes widened as she looked at Rock as said,

"Don't look Rock! Look at me!"

Before Yukio then thrusted the blade into her throat killing herself as her lifeless body collapsed to the ground of the Docks, Rock's eyes were wide with both shock and horror before Jasmine said while kneeling next to Revy, "A rough way to go out, but...that's just how it is sometimes. not everyone can be saved, even if you think that person is worth saving."

A/N: Another chapter in the books! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and what will happen now when they return to Roanapur? stay tuned to find out.