For the next 3 weeks, Issac has adjusted to working for the Yakuza and working for Fuyuhiko. The little gangster was actually very resourceful and an incredible tactician/leader. His temper was something else to be desired. He leads several small raids and turf fights and won them easily, making himself a name. Fuyuhiko was also impressed with Issac's marksmanship and his proficiency with the assorted weapons he owned. He and Issac actually were becoming good friends, bonding over the fact of living in a parent's shadow and try to make a name for themselves. Both boys thought high of each other and were both looking forward to going to Hope's Peak.

Peko on the other hand was a different case. Both her and Issac were in charge of looking over Fuyuhiko, but she refused to make any interactions with Issac. That is what it was like for the past two weeks and whenever Issac would make any small talk with her, she would just give the bare minimum of an answer, like she wasn't worth the breath. When confronting Fuyuhiko about this matter (in private of course) Fuyuhiko begrudgingly revealed the truth about their relationship.

A conversation that changes everything.

"Let me get this straight, so she was sold as a child to the Clan because her parents owed a debt to the Yakuza, they took her in, brainwashing her to the idea that she isn't nothing but a tool to use, mainly by you, and she doesn't even think herself to be a human being. And the fact that you were raised together since you both were in diapers and she was trained to be your personal hitman, sorry, hitwomen. Did I miss anything?" Issac concluded, teeth clenched after hearing Fuyuhiko's story. Both boys were sitting in Fuyuhiko's room to make sure no one was eavesdropping.

"No, that's everything. So what do you think of that?" Fuyuhiko asked, his voice carrying the tiniest sliver judgment.

"Not to be rude to your clan- y'know fuck that. That's one of the most bullshit ideas I ever heard. Treating a person like an object", Issac's face darkened "is the thing I hate the most."

Fuyuhiko stared at Issac and his face softened, "Thank god you're not like them."

"Huh?" Issac's face gained a mixture of confusion and still-lingering anger.

"I'm the only one in this damn place who argued against that, but whatever my old man says goes. I can't really do anything about it until I take over the clan." Fuyuhiko smirks "At least there is at least one person here who thinks otherwise." Fuyuhiko looks straight into Issac's eyes as the last notes of anger subsided from him. "I don't want to pry, but you had a more extreme reaction than I thought. You're usually a more chill guy."

'Damn, he's sharp as ever.' Issac mentally sighs, ' He told me this secret so I'm gonna have to give him some answers'

"Fuyuhiko where do you think I learned to fight and use weapons from?"

Fuyuhiko cocks his head, "Didn't your Mom teach you all that stuff? She is renowned to be one of the best hand-to-hand fighters in the world."

Issac shakes his head "My Mom only taught me how to fight but not with weapons. That was from someone else."

Issac takes a deep breath as he ponders 'I need to trust people again, he won't betray me'

'Won't he?' A voice in his head 'You only knew him for a short while and you're telling him your life story? He'll leave you, call you a monster if he finds out what you are. Just like the others.'

Issac shakes the thoughts out of his head as he lets go of the breath he didn't know he was even holding.

"I was trained by this group, people who have been living in the shadows. My father was an old member so they took me in, taught me everything I knew. Even the things that I never wanted to know. The lifestyle they forced on me was hell and it took 5 years for me to be free from it."

Fuyuhiko eyes widened "Things like what?"

Issac reached over and placed two fingers on Fuyuhiko's neck, right above his collarbone. Issac looked Fuyuhiko dead in the eyes, with a cold expression on his face. "If I apply just the right amount of force to your neck at this spot, I can cut off the circulation of blood to your brain, causing you to choke on your own breath. You would be dead in minutes only feeling the pain of choking. That and how to torture someone for information, stalk others, take advantage of secrets, and several different poisons. Skills that only have one kind people want." Issac said with ice in his voice.

As soon as the words left his mouth Fuyuhiko paled and his eyes widened in horror. His eyes lingered to the spot where Issac rested his fingers and immediately smacked the hand away from his neck. "What the hell! You don't say those kinds of things! And why were you taught how ...to...kill." Realization dawned on Fuyuhiko's face and it was soon mixed with horror.

"Are you fucking with me!? That you were taught to be-"

"An assassin." Issac finished for him. Issac turns to Fuyuhiko, "Now what do you think about me?"

Fuyuhiko face reddens as he gets up from his seat. "What do I think of you!? The only thing I can think of is you is staying the hell away from me!" Fuyuhiko gets up and opens the door to his room and faces Issac "Get out" he orders.

"Fuyuhiko at leas-"

"I SAID GET OUT!" Fuyuhiko barks

Issac gets up, his eyes covered by the shadows of his hair and as he walks out, he mutters under his breath "I really thought you were different, but I guess you were just like the rest of them." When leaving the room the door slams behind him, leaving Issac to walk back to his room. Alone.

After that reveal of the truth, both boys have been distant from one another. Fuyuhiko never made eye contact or any kind of jester to Issac and Issac did the same. Issac has noticed the different atmosphere Peko has been giving off. Every time Issac would be in eyesight, she would make sure that she would be the border between him and Fuyuhiko. She acted more hostile towards Issac and soon seemed to be protecting Fuyuhiko every moment Issac was around. Even to the point where her sword was out every time he entered the room.

'So I guess he told her. Of course, he would, those two trusts each other with their lives, and me? Just a killer in their eyes' Issac thought to himself as he left the morning briefings as he ventured to the dojo to lose himself in his training. As he walked there a voice interrupted his thoughts as his hand grasped the sliding door.

"Are you and my idiot of a brother still sulking around?" a feminine voice rang out behind him. Issac turns to face a girl with long blond hair and sharing the same round blush on her face as her brother.

"No Natsumi, we aren't sulking around." Issac retorts, facing her. "We're just having a disagreement, so butt out." With living with them so long Issac has a pretty good idea of how Natsumi acts. She always tried to one-up her brother in everything, even to points that make Issac question about. How could she treat her own brother that way? His answer: she wanted to be the one to lead the clan because she thought her brother was 'weak' for hating violence. In Issac's opinion, Fuyuhiko's moral compass is one of his greatest qualities and he respected him for it.

Natsumi walks up to Issac and pokes him in the chest "Nu-uh, we are not gonna ignore this. You two have been getting along pretty well for the past few weeks. Fuyu actually looks happy, happier he has ever been in a long time, and now, you too are avoiding each other like the plague!"

Issac cocks an eyebrow in confusion, 'Wait is she WORRIED for him? Wow, looks like she isn't always a stuck-up bitch when she wants to.'

"Oh, do I hear concern for your older brother?" Issac teases.

Natsumi scoffs, clearly not affected by the tease, "Oh please, I'm only doing this because he's acted actually happy when you two dorks hung out, but now he's more like a dick when he's sulking and we don't want him in a bad mood when we do the raid on the Kai-" She covers her mouth, regret dawning on her face. She quickly recovers from it. "*sigh* I just want my brother to be in tip-top shape okay? Forget it. You're as hopeless as him." And with that, she walks off.

'Okay, why would she talk about the raid so soon? It isn't coming until next week.' Issac ponders, 'Natsumi isn't the kind of person to make a slip up like that? What is she trying to tell me?'

Issac enters the dojo and puts on his uniform and sits crossed-legged in the middle of the dojo. To any person watching him, they would assume that he was meditating, but in fact, he was listening.

'Remember what Mom taught you, focus on one voice, block everything out, FOCUS!' Issac closes his eyes and listens.

He is immediately hit with a cacophony of sounds ranging from the shooting range in the basement to the guards' conversation at the front gate.

'No, not there,' Issac struggles, clear frustration present on his face. 'No, no, not there, definitely didn't need to hear that, THERE!' He found the voice he was looking for.

"Kuzuryu-sama, the preparations on the raid tonight are ready. Our forces will penetrate the Kai Clan's main base if anything from the 'meeting' goes wrong."

"And Fuyuhiko?"

"Fuyuhiko-sama will be there as well, he insists that Issac should not participate, Peko will be enough for him"

"I don't agree with that, but Fuyuhiko has the choice on who will accompany him. Ensure he has backup"

"Yes, Kuzuryu-sama."

"Now to discuss our plan on getting rid of the thorn of our side once and for all!"

"The fake meeting with their head will give us the opportunity to confront them on my failed assassination, we have chosen the meeting place and it will be located on neutral territory so they have no time to scout for it so we have the advantage. We have agreed to have no weapons in the room, but they obviously won't follow that so every escort will have a weapon. We will have our people at every exit point so we will finally have those bastards right where we want them. Meeting adjourned!"

"YES KUZURYU-SAMA"

Issac finally opens his eyes and notices how exhausted he became, sweat soaking into his clothes. His ears are still ringing a bit when he gets up, his knees cracking to remind him how long he was sitting there.

'Mom can hear people from the top of a skyscraper and I still have trouble listening from inside the same floor. I need to get better at this or I'll always be behind.'

Issac then realizes that they are going to fight the Kai Clan TONIGHT, when he was told it was next week, probably Fuyuhiko's doing after he revealed the truth to him. Well, Issac already decided that he was gonna go to there, orders or not he was going to see that his friend is safe. Even if he can call him that.

Issac then thinks for a minute, how was he going to get there without getting seen? An idea dawned on him as he grabs his chin and looks into a mirror that replaced one of the walls of the dojo.

'Maybe they won't see Issac there.' He grinned as a plan started to formulate into his brain. 'Maybe, they'll see someone else.'