Title: Deal
Summary: The allies continue and confirm the deal with Seiza, but they got more than what they bargained for.
Word Count: 3692
Notes: This chapter has been updated for IceColdSea who has graduated recently! Congratulations, Lea and I love you lots! I hope you like the update!
Dear reader, I hope you all enjoy this chapter! I had fun writing it!
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The room focused on the data broker before them. She was sitting down on her own desk, her legs still crossed as her hands were fixing herself. "Tell me about the deal, spill the things you want." She began grinning widely as the other people remained quiet. "What? Is there something on my face besides beauty?"
"How can we trust that this isn't a fucking act?"
The woman began twirling her hair around her fingers, a little grin on her face. "My, my. Are you actually planning to question that again?" She knew it in her head that she wouldn't be trusted immediately after what she did, but she did wonder who'd bring it up again. "As I said before, you can be sure I am not acting."
"She isn't acting at all." Canción spoke up, a little smile seen. "I use the best of my abilities for my gang, I can practically read truth from lies." He was confident in his skills and Aroon only chuckled lightly, showing how proud he was of his gang.
"That is true." Aroon instantly replied before he began to gesture to Canción. "He's a brilliant gang member, and he does his job perfectly. Since he has seen how Seiza acts when she's lying, he'd definitely know how she looks like when she lies again." He showed how prideful he was when it came to his members. "Excellent members can do their tasks correctly, Eizan. And definitely- my gang is way beyond excellent."
"You flatter them a lot, Aroon." Seiza pointed out before laughing. "Why don't you try to complimenting different people for once? Like compliment Eizan and Kuga for example."
"They're annoying as fuck-"
"Ex-fucking-cuse me?!"Eizan practically yelled at him for the comment, his eye twitching.
"That was uncalled for-!"Kuga, on the other hand, just raised his voice slightly.
"Let me fucking finish."Immediately, he shot a glare at the two- hating at how they react so quickly. "But I do believe they're capable people, and they deserve their spot as gang leaders. Despite what they did in the past, their actions have their just reasons or they have proved that they are better than what they used to be themselves. I believe they can protect the two heads of the famous households. No- I know they can."
Suddenly, the girl clapped her hands at his response, really taking his comments to heart. "Amazing, this is why you're the best leader here. Makes me realize that the test results in my head weren't wrong if you place it like that."
"He isn't wrong…" Death finally spoke for the first time in the meeting. "... They're capable to protect people despite the incidents that happened…"
"And now, Death has finally spoken… Aw, aren't you a darling? Protecting their pride and all even if you could ruin it more!" She closed her eyes before giggling. "Anyway, let's get out of that, shall we? What do you need? Canción has proven that I am being true right now, while I am convinced everyone passed the test."
"We need a permission slip to enter somewhere to have the "who strikes first" advantages. It would be a nice bonus if we also get the list of members of the opposing gang." Cross wasted no time before they took steps closer. "We need that to win and be sure no one gets extremely injured, because if they go through with their surprise attack, we cannot make any promises that everyone will be fine."
The broker just placed the tips of her fingers on her lips before gasping. "My, my! Are you that confident you'll win if you're the first strike?" She questioned. "Surprise attacks are much more dangerous, as we all know… But being first strike, hm… Even so, you still have a chance of losing? How are you so confident?"
"Easy as this." Cross remained cool as their eyes were staring directly at hers. "We're an alliance which won't be eliminated that easily. We have four gang leaders in a team who have their own different specialties, we have LA5T 5HOT5 who has proven their abilities in training and X-terminate… Do I need to explain? We've made people fear us and despair over our names alone… We're practically undefeatable, Seiza."
"Cross, you're so hot. Now I know why people tremble against your feet."
"Enough of that." They sighed. "This is why we need the first strike- To reassure everyone's safety in the alliance. To make sure their "targets" won't die. It's as simple as that." She explained further and the woman only began smiling.
"And how about the two heads?"
"Lotus made groups on how they'd be best protected." Canción brought up. "She's a really good planner! She always makes plans ahead of us, and the heads know how to fight too!"
"Oh?" Seiza jumped off her desk once again before pushing Cross aside. "Excuse me, cupcake." Now she glanced at the two people being protected. "You two actually know how to protect yourselves? Like with a gun?"
"Yes." Nene replied bluntly. "We've been training with it for a while now. Ever since the alliance has been made, we trained under the gang members." She told her this and Nene eyes Eizan for a short moment. "He was the one who trained me most, but I do believe it was worth it. I know how to use it much better than I would have imagined."
"That's really sweet, aw. You taught her really well, it seems." She grinned. "She was probably the only client you taught in your whole entire life, you're totally in love with her!"
"I said…" He cleared his throat despite the very light blush on his cheeks. "It's fucking business." He brought up as she began rolling her eyes. "Don't fucking roll your eyes on me!"
"Whatever, business man. You're no fun." She began to look at the other person being protected. "And you, Isshiki?"
"I've been doing well! I was taught by Kuga and I ended up training by myself sometimes! I sometimes see him and Gaia-"
"Sh! You're not supposed to say that when Aroon is-"
"Did you train with my member… Without my permission?" Aroon began to stand up from his chair before turning to him, a clear shine of dread seen in his eyes.
"Shit, fuck, I swear to god-"
"No fighting inside this room, only I do the fighting because I'm the feisty lioness." Seiza raised her right hand before sighing. "You gang leaders, so easily riled up. I only wanted to ask these two if they know how to defend themselves." She brought up. "Eizan, quit holding your feelings. Kuga, calm down. Aroon, you're better than this."
"I am not holding back a fucking thing!"
"You're holding back your feelings though…" Death chuckled. "You want to marry her… Marry her faster… I wouldn't mind if your marriage is sooner, I get to see…" He gasped. "Children!"
"Death, I did not ask for your FUCKING opinion!"
"What did I just say? Are you deaf? I said no fighting inside this room unless it's with me." She went beside Nene and pushed her to the directions of Eizan who caught her. "There, now shut up, sheesh."
"What the fuck was that for?!"
"For being so disobedient? You come into my room, insulting my things! Do you not know how to control yourself, Eizan?"
"Ohohoho, he doesn't! In fact… He probably can't even control himself on…" Death began grinning. "Bed."
Suddenly, both Nene and Eizan were red by that comment and Eizan picked up something from his pocket before throwing it directly at the face of the fellow leader. "Shut the fuck up!"
"Hahaha… You're flustered~!" Death soon got a nudge on his side and he began to get quiet. "Okay, Raven. I'll stop now. Thank you for reminding me what we're here for." He finally became quiet before he acted responsible again. "May I ask if we're still going through this deal or not?" He asked Seiza who brought out some folders.
"Yes, we are." She closed her eyes. "I've already told Aroon about the deal, I don't want to break his heart. I just need the money and you can all leave and have fun in bed." She gestured to Eizan and Nene. "Maybe the reason why he was so defensive over her was because of feelings… Sexual feelings and-"
"CAN'T WE JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THAT?!"
"Oh, you're getting red… How red can we make him! Place our bets-! Cherry, Apple, Crimson or-"
"Seiza, let's get back to the topic before Eizan ends up getting red as blood itself." Aroon brought out an envelope filled with cash. "Here, it's the exact amount of money, and because you're my friend, it has a coupon to your favorite coffee shop."
"Oh gosh? Really? Aroon, you truly are the dream man!" She pounced on him to hug him and he only blinked a couple of times to process everything. "And soon, Lotus will realize this as soon as she dates you!"
"Excuse me as I believe she already thinks he's the best man before they're even dating!" Death began grinning again and Aroon shot a glare at him before he ended up laughing. "She saw all your sides already, but not all your parts- So how would-"
"Death, if you take pride in your hands, I think you should shut your mouth."
"This is why he's called Death, he can cause murder and cause someone to fluster to death." Seiza separated from Aroon. "Truly fitting, if I may say." She soon handed Aroon a folder which contained permission slips. "So if you give this to the guards, you have to lie about your names. The guards memorizes names, not faces. On the permission slips, there's already names. Just act innocent."
"Is this actually permission slips or forgery?" Cross began eyeing the folder. "Because if it was the latter, they can discover it really quick if they're smart enough to see."
"Actual permission slips. I get a lot from them if they make deals with me. What they don't know is I only accept them began I gain a lot from it." She grinned. "I'm more interested in information than things like this." She stuck her tongue out playfully. "So if you can give me some extra information, that'd be nice." She released the folder, letting Aroon take a peak. "They're much better than this money. I like gossip."
"Will my information and theories about couples be a payment?" Death brought up as Seiza bursted out laughing.
"God, if it's about couples, you really lose any kind of fear or anxiety… But I believe that's enough." She sat back down on her chair. "Spill it."
"We did not fucking come here to talk about this shit, we got what we needed so let's leave."
"I have to agree with Etsuya." Nene fixed her glasses. "As we all know, we shouldn't waste our time on such things. Wasting time isn't affordable in this kind of life… I would prefer leaving early." She explained her side much better than Eizan could ever do and Isshiki nodded his head.
"I have to agree with her too. We should leave as soon as possible to avoid any risks, but it was a pleasure meeting you!" Isshiki gave her a kind smile, still feeling happy about the fact he knew things about his juniors. They were all safe… This is what made him relieved.
Seiza only smiled as she handed another folder to Cross, who decided to look at what's inside. "Death, just tell me the information via call later, my number is in there… But as well as the extra things Cross requested for."
"Thank you so much for your business and giving us what we need, Miss!"Canción smiled at her brightly and Bullet breathed out a sigh of relief, knowing this was all over. she could go back to her usual self because her anxiety was now gone, knowing how she truly acted by this time.
"Of course, Canción." Seiza grinned before hearing her phone hand reached out to her phone which were part of the things that fell off her desk because of the tantums of Eizan. "Excuse me for a while, I have to answer this call from Zach." She bluntly stated and the eyes of Aroon widened.
"Zach…?" Kuga raised an eyebrow. "Who's that guy supposed to be? Is he someone special or something?" He began poking Aroon's shoulder, a bit curious on who this person was. "Hey, hey, Stupid Red Hair Clips, I want an answer!"
"He's… part of my family gang… Technically." Aroon replies before he began feeling a curl in his stomach… Why would he call her? Did something happen? Before he could have asked Seiza, she placed her phone on the middle of the desk and she gave a reassuring smile to them.
"Well, you're out for a treat." She pointed towards their direction. "I've heard from Zach that there are extra information he could tell all of you, so listen to him before you all go! He's still on the phone, let me just place it in speaker mode."
"Oh? Hello? Testing, testing… Can you all hear me?"
"Zach, been a long while…" Aroon sounded much softer than usual and everyone in the room took note of that. The person on the other side of the phone sounded like he was moving a lot and he made sounds that seemed to sound like happiness.
"Aroon, Aroon! Oh thank god, you're alive… Shall I tell your parents about this? Have you contacted them recently?"
"Of course I'm alive. And yes, I have contacted them. But, what did you want to tell us? The allies?"
"Ah, yes… I forgot…" The male coughed for a bit before acting more formal, his voice resembling a gentleman, a man who can attract someone with his voice alone. "Good day, alliance. A pleasant to meet you."
All the alliance began listening closely to the message, but Death could only notice how one of his members was swooning over the mere voice of the male. "Bullet… Are you okay?"
"... Yes."
"I ship it."
"You two, stop talking…" Nene softened her voice, still getting their attention. "We have a message to listen to.
"I am Zach, an information broker of the Chankul family. I have gathered information as requested by Seiza Nakai. I will be sending in the blueprints of the gang's headquarters for greater advantages. I hope this helps you."
"Is there anything else that you want to say?" Canción asked, blinking innocently. "I can't really read your emotions because I can't really see you, so I can't really tell."
"Ah yes… I only want to wish you luck, alliance. I am sure we will be meeting soon. Good luck to all of you, and I am sure you will be able to win this gang fight."
"Thank you, Zach… Can you give a message to my parents?" Aroon smiled sadly. "I haven't seen them in a while… And I apologize for that. But I do love them a lot, and I'll be back for a while soon. I'm sorry I've been busy."
No response was given for a moment, but they heard the person reply with a soft chuckle. "Of course I'll tell them, Aroon… I do hope in seeing you too. For now, I have to go. I have another meeting to attend to. Good day to you all once again, and I absolutely cannot wait to see all your handsome and beautiful face."
In that instant, the phone call ended and they began to focus on Aroon who showed a sad smile. "Don't worry, I'm fine. For now, let's focus on the task at hand." He says this calmly before Seiza picks up her phone and connects it to the printer to the side to print out the blueprints. "Once we get that, we'd be leaving… Thank you for your business."
Seiza clicked some buttons before winking. "No problem, Aroon. This is my job." She soon handed him the paper before placing her hand on her hips. "Now, go back to your place before it gets too late… We wouldn't want any problems to happen, now do we?"
Lotus was still outside the room, her hands on her cheeks. "Are you doing better now, Gaia? I'm still a bit worried…" She mumbled softly and Gaia only began wiping her tears away before gave a tiny nod. "If you say so…" she sighed slightly before taking away her hands from her face and looking back at the door. "That idiot…" She grumbled a bit, a bit tired by how many things she has to deal with- and now this man who decided to look into the folder unintentionally brought back bad memories to one of her members.
Before their conversation continued, Canción opened the door first to rush to Gaia and lift her up. "Mi amiga! Are you okay?" He was someone who could read the situation clearly, and he didn't even waste any second. "When we get back, I can play a song to make you feel better!" He tried to cheer her up, but he placed her down the moment the other alliance came out of the room.
Kuga only turned to their direction, looking a bit conflicted. "Gaia?" He was suddenly flooded with concern. "Wait, what the fuck happened?" He went in closer but before he could, he was pushed away by Aroon who just ended up squeezing her cheeks.
"I think you should leave them for a moment, it's more of a gang team, I believe." Isshiki held him by the shoulder and Kuga only grumbled before looking away. "I know you're worried, but I think they're the best to handle it, Kuga!"
"No shit, Mister All Smiles…" But deep inside, he can't help but feel this was somehow his fault. "Let's get back to the ride!" He brought back his normal act, still having his worry in his head, but he had no other choice but to mask it with his smile.
The moment Death stood outside of his room, the rest of his gang members followed as they began talking to one another. Their leader was skimming through the information that was given to Cross, taking each members' weaknesses into note with a grin on his face. "We got this fight in the bag. We'll annihilate them… With no mercy. With no holding back." His grin getting pretty sadistic. "Let's show them why exactly we're called X-terminate… and why they're nothing but dust to us."
The last people who went out of the room was no other than Eizan and Nene, who were called back for a reason which the others didn't know about… All they were given was a box that had something inside of it. They were told to only give it to the other once they realize they've truly fallen for one another- something Seiza gave as a parting gift.
"This is fucking stupid." Eizan grunted as he placed his hands in his pocket before walking away further from the room. "I don't get why she needs to fucking give me this. I don't see the point." Before he could continue on his grumble streak. Nene held his arm for a bit, and he believed it was to get his attention. "What is it, woman?"
She couldn't look at him in the eyes for a few seconds, but she ended up doing so. "Thank you… For a while ago." She muttered softly and Eizan only froze for a moment, his eyes widening. "You didn't need to do that, yet you chose to defend me…" She quietly said, making sure no one else heard her say that. "It… made me feel like I was worth more than what… my family thinks of me."
Not knowing how to reply, Eizan just looked away and took one of his hands out of his pocket to grab her hand. "... You're fucking more than what they think, woman." He felt somehow lighter after saying those words to her… maybe it was because he was able to make her feel better somehow. Something that he wasn't able to do with his previous clients… But he had to admit, none of his clients ever made him feel this way either… "Much more than what they actually fucking think. I didn't need to say it for you to realize that."
She surely was a unique one.
"Thank you, Etsuya."
"... Tch. Whatever. Let's go."
After a couple of seconds, the people who decided to visit were gone from the floor. Seiza went out of her room, leaning on the door with a contented smile on her face. "They are an interesting alliance, aren't they?"
She may have been talking to herself, but she ended up bringing out her phone to talk to the person on the phone. "Aren't they, Sakda?"
"Hmph. Surely they are, but they better seem more promising in person. They sound like goddamn idiots… Because if they think this was troubling… They still have a lot to go through…"
"Because this is far from the biggest storm that's going to happen."