As Zasshu and Ikari slowly finished their meal, a pair of greedy eyes watched over them.
That pair belonged to a Jaguar, leaning against a small pillar near the food court.
So, the hybrid was alive? Hmph, leave it to his boss to fuck something up...
Maybe this was a chance to...increase his standing? Erasing his boss' mistake without anyone else knowing?
An increase in pay?This was truly too big of a chance to pass up.
And so he followed the two, keeping a pace of fifteen steps behind, when they turned to an alleyway.
Grinning, he stuck his hand down the front of his pants, grabbing the grip of his pistol. He turned the corner a-
Ikari gave a satisfied grin as he smashed the rock into the face of their follower, red mixing with the gold and blacks of his fur as the jaguar was knocked out cold.
"Fucker's out." he said with pride, like a child showing his parents a wonderful drawing that will inevitably grace the fridge.
"Huh...wonder why he was following us." Zasshu muttered, bending down, before jumping back up in surprise.
"He's got a gun!", Zasshu whisper-yelled, taking a step back.
Ikari snickered, "Now we've got a gun!" he joked, snatching the piece and shoving it down the front of his own pants.
Zasshu tilted his head in confusion, "Why do you put it down the front? Why not just in your pocket."
"Gangster shit." was Ikari's only answer. Zasshu shrugged, it was good enough.
Ikari ran through the jaguar's pockets, swiping any money he found, and his phone.
He threw the small wallet to Zasshu, who pocketed it, while turning on the phone.
"Fuck this thing's old. Two years, at least!" Ikari exclaimed. Zasshu interjected; "We live in an abandoned building."
Ikari shrugged as he unlocked the phone... who the hell actually uses the 'slide to unlock' function? Fucking idiots.
Ikari froze after two minutes of searching, and stared intently at the phone, his usual grin and attitude replaced with shocked ones.
"...you okay?" Zasshu asked, concerned with his hands in his hoodie pockets.
"Ye...I mean-...jus-just look." he muttered, holding the phone over to Zasshu, not even daring to look at the Hybrid.
Zasshu read the texts on the small screen, the Jaguar had texted his friend first.
"Hey, whatcha doing tonight?Boss's sun has me doing cool ass shit, gonna make money and stuff.Like Genkei'll make anything, dipshit's a liability more than anything.What's he got you doing anyway?Burning down some apartment, gangster shit man."Ikari felt his stomach drop, and his free hand clenched into a fist; his own claws drawing small droplets of blood.
Menai wasn't... it wasn't a normal fire...Menai was- he was...
Zasshu almost flew over to the unconcious body, slamming his foot into the Jaguar's chest with a snarl.
He kept stomping, on his face, on his chest, his arm, anywhere he could.
Zasshu finally returned to reality, and to Ikari's voice almost yelling, "-ey, stop man! You'll kill him, Zasshu, you'll kill him!"
Zasshu slid down the red brick behind him, his legs too shaky to walk.
Menai hadn't been killed by an accidental fire.
Menai had been murdered.A sob of rage flew through him as he covered his face with his hands, the alley silent. The only sounds his own muffled sobs.
After what felt like an hour, but was realistically around 6 minutes, Zasshu uncovered his face to meet the concerned look of Ikari.
"You ok- I mean...we have to go back to the restaurant man, you've gotta...rest and stuff.
Zasshu and Ikari hid the unconscious, but injured, man behind a dumpster, and trudged home.
Of course, to Zasshu, home was already gone. But now, it was taken.
Hey, guys. Its been a while.I've been dealing with some problems, getting everything in my life in order, really. Trying to make sense of things, but now I'm hoping to get back into the groove again.Also; within the Original Work, things will probably change, that will make this fanfiction not make sense in some areas: I'd like to disclaim that this is already an AU, and if I can change anything to fit the new revelations of Beastars, I will, but if I can't, we can use the AU excuse.Thank you all for reading, writing, and reviewing. :)
