Chapter 3-Saving Vash/Kuniicha/Kuniicha
I was trying to find the man we were supposed to take out. My partner, Miroku, had slapped his hand on my shoulder, lowering the aim of my gun on the rooftop of a large building in Tokyo. I stared him smugly in the eye.
"Miroku, I'm looking for the guy to take out…this had better be a big case!"
Miroku stared right back at me and sighed heavily. I could tell he had something big on his shoulders.
"Yume called us up." He said, staring over the building. "Vash is stuck in an alley nearby. Says there's some real trash there."
"Suppose so, it's an alley."
"Will you go for him?"
"I have to, my duty in the Youkai Syndicate."
The phone rang and I placed my gun in its holster. I pulled my cell phone from my suit and answered.
"Kuniicha, talk to me."
It was Renee…she said she got a hot tip where we could find the perfect spot to shoot the gangsters.
"It'll be tough," Renee said, "but you can pull it off."
"Sorry." I replied. "Gunmanship is not my cup of tequila."
"The Boss said that there'd be a large reward. I think--"
I cut the phone off that moment. I stood up and the wind started blowing at a quick velocity.
"Come on, Miroku. We gotta get to Vash."
Miroku stared me in the eyes, knowing something came up. He nearly spoke but kept quiet and stood up. As he brushed his suit off, I noticed a shine from his pocket. I kept quiet this time and began to walk off.
"Between Kurosawa and Takada Drive." Miroku told me.
This was the place. It was raining heavily, the perfect weather for destruction. The scent of blood was thick in the air. Unlike Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru-sama, I couldn't tell if it was Vash's…or the gangsters. I didn't care at that moment. My mind was focused on the reward.
"Kuniicha, are you okay?" Miroku asked, while I was in deep thought.
"Huh? Oh, oh, yeah, fine. Gotta get Vash." I said back.
"Seems a bit strange that Vash would be out without a partner like Wolfwood…"
"Hmm? Well, he doesn't think that much. Knowing him, he's probably on an important case…" I cocked my gun and stared at the ground. I was thinking if Vash's life was more important than the reward.
We ran through the alleys when, out of the blue, a shot was fired in front of us. We hadn't seen who had done it, but I didn't plan to look around for it. Simple logic. Logic was my main defense. The bullet landed at the east, so I looked up to my left. There was the man, with Vash by the throat. I almost handed Miroku my gun, but he pulled out his instead. I was so used to seeing him without guns that I jumped to another conclusion.
While Miroku was back down, shooting at the man, trying not to harm Vash, I was climbing to the top. Thoughts running through my mind of the fateful day Vash and I met…it was not worth reminiscing.
"Just a bit farther…I'll need to be quiet," I whispered to myself as I quickly climbed up the ladder. Any experienced Youkai Syndicate member knows not to jump into action. I was new to the group, I hadn't known. I saw Miroku on the ground, still shooting, trying to threaten the gangster. I jumped on the top of the building, and saw what I didn't expect. At least thirty over gangster members stands on the building. My heart was pounding, but deep down, I felt safe. My freshness in the Youkai Syndicate was not obvious. They hadn't known I was part of the YS, well…not for the first second.
"Just my luck," I thought, "my being part of YS isn't obvious to them…"
My luck turned gray. The wind picked up, and blew my poorly attached sleeve off. The sleeve had been ripped off in a previous fight, but I only had it attached by safety pins. That was terrible for me, because that was where my symbol of authenticity in the mob was. I had a glove that covered only half up to my middle finger with the Youkai Syndicate Kanji painted on it. Their guns were aimed at me and I was stumped. I had no idea what to do.
"Kunii!!" A woman's voice said just before a shot went off, taking out one of the gangsters. I'd recognized that voice, my bad luck took a turn again.
It was Mihiroshi, a 19 year old, blonde, and light-hearted girl in cahoots with the Italian mafia. Though we were from two different organizations, we were still good friends. Sharing the same dorm room, we often told each other where we were going before a job had to be done.
"Kuniicha, where's Miroku?" She asked me from the building across me.
"He's down in the alley! Look, go! I don't need help!" I yelled back. I honestly didn't. Though I had a gun, and I had my katana, I had one power only Miroku, Inuyasha, Mihiroshi, and Vash knew of: telekinesis. I keep that under wraps, because the press would get a hold of that information and do experiments.
"Hold on, I'll call Jin!" Mihiroshi yelled.
See, Jin's her husband, a former YS member, and Youkai. Cousin of Inuyasha, but he couldn't take the pressure of the Youkai Syndicate. The pigs got on his tail once, nearly got caught if he hadn't stage the apartment fire.
"No, I got it! Trust me, just get back to TMU!" I replied, as I pulled my gun out of the holster and katana from the sheath.
I saw Mihiroshi running to the elevator, but she was the least of my worries. I saw Miroku on the ground, still shooting. He was holding his arm; I had assumed he'd been shot. With rapid speed, I slashed and shot through the gangsters. I placed a gun to the gangster holding Vash by the throat at his head.
"Let him go…or I will shoot our fucking brains out."
"Oh, I'll let him go…" the gangster said with a rough, hoarse voice. "Right ova dis here building!!"
"I kept my gun at his head and looked at Vash. For a split second, thoughts of what was right and wrong went through my head. I was pissed off. I chose the wrong thought. I pulled the trigger. The blood had spread over the building and the body fell backwards. Wolfwood ran out of the elevator, with a suitcase.
Wolfwood obviously didn't know what happened.
"Hey, Vash, I got the opium, heroin, and marijuana! What happened?" Wolfwood asked as he kneeled beside Vash.
I jumped down the building beside Miroku and helped him stand. His wound wasn't terrible, but a lot of bleeding went on.
Sesshoumaru-sama jumped from his seat.
"You let the pigs nearly catch you?!" Sesshoumaru yelled.
Vash, Wolfwood, Miroku, and I were standing there with our heads bowed down.
"You were sent out only to take out that prep! And you can't even do that right! I should've known better…Vash, you were sent to only make a withdrawal from the bank! How did you get in this mess?!" Sesshoumaru yelled at us all.
Vash stared at him. "…I saw him holding a donut."
I knew my adventure was over…I couldn't hold my own. After all, perhaps this is one of those mob stories…that don't cut it.
"Kuniicha-chan, what is your excuse?!" Sesshoumaru yelled boldly to me.
I paused then answered. "…I got a call that Vash was in trouble."
"By whom?!"
"Renee-chan."
"…Why?! Renee!! Get in here!"
Renee ran in, polishing her gun off.
"Yes, milord?" Renee asked as she put her gun back in her holster around her belt waist.
Sesshoumaru stared at her coldly. Renee kept her straight face, but I could tell she was frightened a bit. "Why did you inform Kuniicha-chan of Vash's incident?"
"YLS called me and told me to tell her." Renee said as she sneaked a smile at the corner of her mouth.
However…Sesshoumaru-sama? He was not such a happy camper. He immediately called Oneechan in here, too. She walked in, holding a case of drugs, no doubt.
"Did you tell Renee that Vash was in trouble?" Sesshoumaru asked in his same tone.
"Yes…" YLS said. She's my Oneechan, but I couldn't tell how she felt now. Most likely petrified like us all. "But I did it because I saw Vash getting his ass whupped by the gangsters. Until the pigs nearly caught my trail…then, I just decided to call Renee and tell her to call Oneesama." She finally said, explaining the situation.
Sesshoumaru sighed heavily and stared us all in the eyes. "I can't believe this…the next time, Kuniicha and Vash are going on the case together as punishment…goddamn, this is just some bullshit we're dealing with…you could've fucking put the syndicate in a serious predicament!!" He said, before he walked out, muttering under his breath.
Oh, yeah, I was pissed off. But…deep, really deep inside, I was happy. Happy for saving Vash's life. Then, that was split in three. The second one felt terrible that I actually shot, but had no more remorse. Then the third…was seriously pissed off. What the fuck happened to my goddamn reward?! I wasn't gonna let it get me down…not for that time being. But, working with Vash? What the hell did I actually do to deserve that? …Again, I wasn't gonna let it get me down…because that next day…was my personal hell with Vash the Stampede…Donut Boy…Broom Head…asshole.
I was trying to find the man we were supposed to take out. My partner, Miroku, had slapped his hand on my shoulder, lowering the aim of my gun on the rooftop of a large building in Tokyo. I stared him smugly in the eye.
"Miroku, I'm looking for the guy to take out…this had better be a big case!"
Miroku stared right back at me and sighed heavily. I could tell he had something big on his shoulders.
"Yume called us up." He said, staring over the building. "Vash is stuck in an alley nearby. Says there's some real trash there."
"Suppose so, it's an alley."
"Will you go for him?"
"I have to, my duty in the Youkai Syndicate."
The phone rang and I placed my gun in its holster. I pulled my cell phone from my suit and answered.
"Kuniicha, talk to me."
It was Renee…she said she got a hot tip where we could find the perfect spot to shoot the gangsters.
"It'll be tough," Renee said, "but you can pull it off."
"Sorry." I replied. "Gunmanship is not my cup of tequila."
"The Boss said that there'd be a large reward. I think--"
I cut the phone off that moment. I stood up and the wind started blowing at a quick velocity.
"Come on, Miroku. We gotta get to Vash."
Miroku stared me in the eyes, knowing something came up. He nearly spoke but kept quiet and stood up. As he brushed his suit off, I noticed a shine from his pocket. I kept quiet this time and began to walk off.
"Between Kurosawa and Takada Drive." Miroku told me.
This was the place. It was raining heavily, the perfect weather for destruction. The scent of blood was thick in the air. Unlike Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru-sama, I couldn't tell if it was Vash's…or the gangsters. I didn't care at that moment. My mind was focused on the reward.
"Kuniicha, are you okay?" Miroku asked, while I was in deep thought.
"Huh? Oh, oh, yeah, fine. Gotta get Vash." I said back.
"Seems a bit strange that Vash would be out without a partner like Wolfwood…"
"Hmm? Well, he doesn't think that much. Knowing him, he's probably on an important case…" I cocked my gun and stared at the ground. I was thinking if Vash's life was more important than the reward.
We ran through the alleys when, out of the blue, a shot was fired in front of us. We hadn't seen who had done it, but I didn't plan to look around for it. Simple logic. Logic was my main defense. The bullet landed at the east, so I looked up to my left. There was the man, with Vash by the throat. I almost handed Miroku my gun, but he pulled out his instead. I was so used to seeing him without guns that I jumped to another conclusion.
While Miroku was back down, shooting at the man, trying not to harm Vash, I was climbing to the top. Thoughts running through my mind of the fateful day Vash and I met…it was not worth reminiscing.
"Just a bit farther…I'll need to be quiet," I whispered to myself as I quickly climbed up the ladder. Any experienced Youkai Syndicate member knows not to jump into action. I was new to the group, I hadn't known. I saw Miroku on the ground, still shooting, trying to threaten the gangster. I jumped on the top of the building, and saw what I didn't expect. At least thirty over gangster members stands on the building. My heart was pounding, but deep down, I felt safe. My freshness in the Youkai Syndicate was not obvious. They hadn't known I was part of the YS, well…not for the first second.
"Just my luck," I thought, "my being part of YS isn't obvious to them…"
My luck turned gray. The wind picked up, and blew my poorly attached sleeve off. The sleeve had been ripped off in a previous fight, but I only had it attached by safety pins. That was terrible for me, because that was where my symbol of authenticity in the mob was. I had a glove that covered only half up to my middle finger with the Youkai Syndicate Kanji painted on it. Their guns were aimed at me and I was stumped. I had no idea what to do.
"Kunii!!" A woman's voice said just before a shot went off, taking out one of the gangsters. I'd recognized that voice, my bad luck took a turn again.
It was Mihiroshi, a 19 year old, blonde, and light-hearted girl in cahoots with the Italian mafia. Though we were from two different organizations, we were still good friends. Sharing the same dorm room, we often told each other where we were going before a job had to be done.
"Kuniicha, where's Miroku?" She asked me from the building across me.
"He's down in the alley! Look, go! I don't need help!" I yelled back. I honestly didn't. Though I had a gun, and I had my katana, I had one power only Miroku, Inuyasha, Mihiroshi, and Vash knew of: telekinesis. I keep that under wraps, because the press would get a hold of that information and do experiments.
"Hold on, I'll call Jin!" Mihiroshi yelled.
See, Jin's her husband, a former YS member, and Youkai. Cousin of Inuyasha, but he couldn't take the pressure of the Youkai Syndicate. The pigs got on his tail once, nearly got caught if he hadn't stage the apartment fire.
"No, I got it! Trust me, just get back to TMU!" I replied, as I pulled my gun out of the holster and katana from the sheath.
I saw Mihiroshi running to the elevator, but she was the least of my worries. I saw Miroku on the ground, still shooting. He was holding his arm; I had assumed he'd been shot. With rapid speed, I slashed and shot through the gangsters. I placed a gun to the gangster holding Vash by the throat at his head.
"Let him go…or I will shoot our fucking brains out."
"Oh, I'll let him go…" the gangster said with a rough, hoarse voice. "Right ova dis here building!!"
"I kept my gun at his head and looked at Vash. For a split second, thoughts of what was right and wrong went through my head. I was pissed off. I chose the wrong thought. I pulled the trigger. The blood had spread over the building and the body fell backwards. Wolfwood ran out of the elevator, with a suitcase.
Wolfwood obviously didn't know what happened.
"Hey, Vash, I got the opium, heroin, and marijuana! What happened?" Wolfwood asked as he kneeled beside Vash.
I jumped down the building beside Miroku and helped him stand. His wound wasn't terrible, but a lot of bleeding went on.
Sesshoumaru-sama jumped from his seat.
"You let the pigs nearly catch you?!" Sesshoumaru yelled.
Vash, Wolfwood, Miroku, and I were standing there with our heads bowed down.
"You were sent out only to take out that prep! And you can't even do that right! I should've known better…Vash, you were sent to only make a withdrawal from the bank! How did you get in this mess?!" Sesshoumaru yelled at us all.
Vash stared at him. "…I saw him holding a donut."
I knew my adventure was over…I couldn't hold my own. After all, perhaps this is one of those mob stories…that don't cut it.
"Kuniicha-chan, what is your excuse?!" Sesshoumaru yelled boldly to me.
I paused then answered. "…I got a call that Vash was in trouble."
"By whom?!"
"Renee-chan."
"…Why?! Renee!! Get in here!"
Renee ran in, polishing her gun off.
"Yes, milord?" Renee asked as she put her gun back in her holster around her belt waist.
Sesshoumaru stared at her coldly. Renee kept her straight face, but I could tell she was frightened a bit. "Why did you inform Kuniicha-chan of Vash's incident?"
"YLS called me and told me to tell her." Renee said as she sneaked a smile at the corner of her mouth.
However…Sesshoumaru-sama? He was not such a happy camper. He immediately called Oneechan in here, too. She walked in, holding a case of drugs, no doubt.
"Did you tell Renee that Vash was in trouble?" Sesshoumaru asked in his same tone.
"Yes…" YLS said. She's my Oneechan, but I couldn't tell how she felt now. Most likely petrified like us all. "But I did it because I saw Vash getting his ass whupped by the gangsters. Until the pigs nearly caught my trail…then, I just decided to call Renee and tell her to call Oneesama." She finally said, explaining the situation.
Sesshoumaru sighed heavily and stared us all in the eyes. "I can't believe this…the next time, Kuniicha and Vash are going on the case together as punishment…goddamn, this is just some bullshit we're dealing with…you could've fucking put the syndicate in a serious predicament!!" He said, before he walked out, muttering under his breath.
Oh, yeah, I was pissed off. But…deep, really deep inside, I was happy. Happy for saving Vash's life. Then, that was split in three. The second one felt terrible that I actually shot, but had no more remorse. Then the third…was seriously pissed off. What the fuck happened to my goddamn reward?! I wasn't gonna let it get me down…not for that time being. But, working with Vash? What the hell did I actually do to deserve that? …Again, I wasn't gonna let it get me down…because that next day…was my personal hell with Vash the Stampede…Donut Boy…Broom Head…asshole.