An Assassin's Heart
Author: Kazumi Kairi or Kairi-chan
Review from the previous chapterWe now recalled from the last time that Kouji was finally reveals his deep secrets to Izumi right after she had discovered his true identity from his being as the deadly assassin Blue Wolf. Then we found that Kouichi and Kouji are twins after all since they both have the same look yet they looked opposite to each other. Izumi asks the lone wolf lad about him and Kouichi's past and how they choose to become assassins.
Mishida gets a small talk to Kouji face to face, and then he tells Kouji that he is his 'uncle', after all. Was it really true that Mishida is Kouji and Kouichi's uncle? He said that Mishida is his code name then what is his real name? Find out in this chapter. And more secrets will be revealing.
Caught 0.8: Mishida's SecretsOutside of the building where Mishida and his boys were hiding/staying, five or ten unknown people wearing in a high class black suits without their masks to cover their faces. They started to head their way inside of the building secretly not making any sound and suspicious that they are inside of that place.
"Those boys… I'll have my revenge to our comrades." One of the subordinate exclaimed so angrily.
"Stop looking like that my right hand. This isn't the time to think the past." Answered the doom voice. "We need to focus to our mission."
"LEADER?" he exclaimed.
One man steps out from the darkness then stops only to reveal his upper body and not his face. The man was he leader/ master among the gang as one or two of his subordinates kneel down to him respected.
"Please forgive me of my rude behavior it's just that I couldn't help seeing our comrades have died because of that assassin." He answered.
"Whatever. So where does these roads could lead us?" the leader asked his subordinates,
"From the right side is where the head while the other side is the room of the Head's assassin." His subordinates answered,
"And what name is that kid's room?" he asked more.
"Code name Blue Wolf." He answered again. "But his real name is Minamoto Kouji. He is the one who killed them."
The mysterious leader was about to head the right side but when he heard Kouji's name he suddenly stopped which makes his subordinates very curious. Then the leader suddenly turned away and headed to the other side, the room of Kouji.
"Um… Sir why we are heading that way?" one of them asks him, "Aren't we supposed to meet the Head?"
"Change of plans my men." He answered, "For now I feel someone I know was in that place. And I'm certain."
Back to Kouji's room where Izumi, Kouji and Kouichi were having a meeting with Mishida, the blonde haired beauty was shocked when she saw the head of the Assassin would show himself to her. She knew all Head of some assassins would never show his or her face but to Mishida he is really different from she had expected.
"My real name is actually…" said Mishida, "Minamoto Kourei."
Mishida or now known as Minamoto Kourei, the head boss in the headquarter in this building just stood there with his most serious expression that was on his face. Izumi was slightly surprised to hear Mishi— Kourei's real name to Izumi. It was rather weird why he reveals his true name to an outsider like her. She confused first then something hits her head as it's making her clear.
"So you are Kouichi-kun and Minamoto-kun's mentor and savoir that they told me about." Said Izumi curiously.
"Yes indeed." He said. "Then you must be Orimoto Izumi the one that Kouichi told me about you."
Before Izumi could say another word, she turns her head to Kouichi who was waving at her calmly. While Kouji was staring at his older twin brother with a pain look, which makes Kouichi felt nervous at the sudden aura, he was feeling it around the room.
"What brings you here?" Kouichi asked Kourei.
Kouji suddenly move from his position and moves towards Izumi. The blonde haired beauty felt the sudden nervous at the lone wolf boy's movement as he was coming closer and closer until he extended his hands to her… To the doorknob.
"Okay you can come out!" Kouji ordered angrily.
As Kouji opened the door there Takuya, Tomoki and Junpei came out behind the door. First Takuya landed on the floor then Junpei follows behind and landed on Takuya's back and lastly Tomoki landed on Junpei's back
"Awww… that hurt, Kouji!" Junpei yelled at Kouji. "You shouldn't open the door if someone was leaning on it!"
"But it's completely rude if you three were ears dropping." Kouji pointed out still coldly.
"Don't worry Kouji. I was planning to tell them as well." Kourei said, "I thought it may be good that I should gather them here but I guess here they are." He added with a small laugh.
"… You lame at jokes… Mishida-sama." Takuya commented.
Kourei hung his head in defeat with few hidoma were floating around his body and dark aura were also surrounds him. The boys including Izumi and Kouji stared at the poor man with slight of sweat-drop were rolling above their heads. Then Kouji gave a major shot glare to Takuya that was written his face, 'Nice-going-goggle-head-you-made-him-sad' look. Of course the goggle head lad felt guilty what he said to their boss and mutters 'sorry' under his breathe.
"Anyway, now that we're here, will you tell us about your knowing to that gang?" Tomoki asked curiously.
"Umm… I don't want to drag but who is this 'that gang' you guys were referring to?" Izumi asked them.
Before either Kourei or Kouji or anyone of them could explain to the curious blonde haired girl about 'that gang', there was a sudden explosion coming from inside of the room that they are in. Izumi was about to use both her two arms to block her eyes but then Kouji appeared and block it for her. The blonde beauty just closed her eyes really tightly until when the explosion was over she open her sapphire blue eyes slowly. Then she noticed the lone wolf lad didn't receives any injuries or a scratch also she saw some group of unknown people wearing a deadly attires with the symbol(the one that was mention from the previous chapter) of the cross with a skull.
"Who are those people?" Izumi questioned them,
"Those are the Akuma no Shi they were the ones who kidnapped you. Also 'that gang' we were referring to." Junpei answered
As the boys and Kourei were watching at their enemies, Kouji suddenly carried Izumi with his arms and jumped away. Then a sudden blast had aim to Kouji and Izumi even to their friends and Kourei. The blonde beauty was really shocked to see the explosion yet she wondered where it came from as she saw none of their unknown enemies were carrying any kind of explosion or bazooka that could aim at them.
"Oh? Those gang also possessed strange powers too." Said Takuya, "Well it looks like it is time for us to use our powers for real."
"What in the world is he saying?" Izumi asked,
Before Izumi could even tell to Takuya not to joke around but then she was taken back as she found something extraordinary. Takuya's hand were surrounded with fire but what shock her is that the brunette haired lad's hand didn't burn it just stay unharmed as she find it unbelievable discovery. She tries to rub her eyes thinking it was a dream as she stops rubbing her eyes the fire still stays on Takuya's hand.
"Takuya-kun has fire?" she gasped, "How is that possible?"
"Takuya's not alone who has strange powers but we do." Kouichi answered.
Izumi turned around and saw the boys were also showing up some familiar elements that were coming out of their body. She finds it really confusing but it was real that she is seeing it.
"Is this a dream?" she thought. "I probably read too much 'Shoujo' manga."
"Apparently you aren't dreaming, Orimoto-san." Kouji answered, "This is reality."
"This will be our fight so I suggest you should stay behind us and let Uncle to protect you." Kouichi instructed her with evil smile, "This should be really fun."
A dark and evil smile was forming on the elder twin lad's face, which makes Takuya, Tomoki, and Junpei scared when they saw his smile. Even for Kouji who is also afraid to his older twin brother's kind of smile and it makes his spine to shiver.
"But please be careful." She told them.
"So shall we start now?" Tomoki asked excitedly. "I wanted to test my Ice Power to them so badly."
"We're all been aching to wait for this to come, Tomoki." Said Junpei.
"Ikkouzu!" Kouji exclaimed.
As Kouji signaled them, the four of them rushed forward to their enemies and unleashed their powers as their enemies have unleashed to theirs too. Izumi could see each of the boys held different kind of elements as she could tell when the boys were having a fight. Takuya holds the element of the fire, Tomoki holds the cold ice, Junpei holds the shocking thunder, Kouichi has the power of the darkness, and lastly Kouji holds something opposite to his brother that is the element of the light.
The blonde haired beauty continues to watch the four boys' fight to the Akuma no Shi. She was amazed that they are quite skillful and powerful to their elemental powers although she was also confused on the kind of abilities. She only thought having supernatural powers are only fantasy that can be found on the comic but here she couldn't help it that she was seeing it for real. One Akuma no Shi was coming nearer to Izumi and Kourei but he didn't go on further as he got shock from the point. Junpei put some electric shield to protect both Kourei and Izumi out of danger, which is very useful for him.
"I never seen they also possessed the elemental powers." Izumi awed, "How did they earn such kind of powers, Kourei-san?"
Kourei sighs a little, "It's unknown to them why they have those powers, Izumi. They don't know why they were given in the first place." He answered seriously, "Also it is dangerous for them to handle alone."
"What do you mean?" she gasped again. "They seem doing fine handling their powers."
"Not that fine… It's dangerous if one of them overuses their powers. It'll be chaos." He explained. "The last time when Kouji over use his Light he almost went out of control."
Izumi found amazement from Kourei's explanation then she turned her attention to the boys' fight with worrying expressions. Her heart was pounding really fast as her eyes were focusing on Kouji as the lone wolf lad continues to fight desperately. As she sees the expression on Kouji's eyes, Izumi's heart continues to beat faster.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" the doom voice roam, "LEAVE THAT BOY IN BANDANA TO ME!"
"WHAT THE?" Kouichi gasped.
Kouji and Kouichi were feeling strangeness to the mysterious voice they were shaken in fear yet their hearts were yelling angrily as they felt they knew the person somewhere. The man wears nothing special only a heavy jacket that over his body and a familiar marking that was… the scar. The scar that they have seen it before when they were young, the one they could never forget that man killed their parents on the night.
"So we've met again, young one." The mysterious leader sneered at Kouji and Kouichi.
"YOU!" Kouji and Kouichi yelled. "YOU'RE THAT GUY WHO KILLED OUR PARENTS!"
"Oh… so you do remembered about me." He taunted, "No wonder why you two reminded me of that man. Very alike to your father but you're much alike to your mother as well too."
"Boss you knew them?" his comrades asked him,
"Yes… I knew these two boys… remember the day when we went to the house that night and killed their parents?" he said, "I knew those people have children but I didn't see them."
"So those boys are theirs?" another one asked him.
"Precisely." He replied, "Let me introduce myself… I am called DAESTRA but you will not know my true identity."
"CUT IT OFF AND TELL US WHY YOU PEOPLE ARE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Takuya yelled at the Akuma no Shi.
The leader of the evil assassin, called DAESTRA, didn't answers to Takuya's question but he scans around the place until his eyes landed on Kourei. The uncle felt a painful feeling to the Akuma no Shi's evil stares on him and he doesn't like the feeling that was given to him. Izumi also felt the fear from the mysterious enemy's appearance.
"I guess those kids haven't discover the real you isn't that right?" he asked Kourei.
"SHUT UP! I'M NOT THE SAME MAN YOU KNEW BEFORE! AND THAT MAN HAS BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME AGO!" Kourei shouted at the leader.
"They knew each other?" Tomoki gasped. "How is that possible?"
The mysterious Akuma no Shi leader still has his evil smile on his face. Izumi suddenly felt the piercing pain of her heart as she saw the enemy's true face. Kouji has been aching a moment then he suddenly burst out into anger and attacked him. The mysterious leader managed to evade Kouji's attack and attacked him back.
"That man…" the blonde beauty whispers, "I felt I've known him before… but why my heart is in much pain?"
DAESTRA continues battling on Kouji using his powers. Kouji barely sees through his attack although every time he tried to dodge most of them were fake strategies. The lone wolf lad received much more injuries and pain than he had ever imagined. Kouichi was about to help his twin brother although Junpei stops him.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STOPPING ME, JUNPEI? CAN'T YOU SEE MY BROTHER IS IN DANGER?" Kouichi shouted at him,
"Yes I do care about him but take a closer look, Kouichi." Junpei answered,
Junpei took a tiny stone from the wall that got wretch when the Akuma no Shi destroyed it to enter the room. Then he threw it across the air, as the stone was being thrown something stops its movement. But that's not all, they could also see the same electricity to Junpei's.
"You mean to say that leader put the same barrier to Junpei's?" Tomoki gasped,
"Yeah but there is something else to that man… I sense he has some incredible powers unlike to ours." The fat boy replied. "I mean not just electricity to this barrier there are also some other elements within him."
"You mean he has more powers than ours? That is impossible!" Kouichi shouted. "Than what shall we do? I can't let Otouto die."
"We have nothing else but to let Kouji fight against him." Takuya added, "Also we have to fight these roaches before getting to worry."
The enemy started to attack the three boys behind although Tomoki used his Ice power to freeze them in the nick of time. Takuya inhale the air then exhale as fire were coming out of his mouth and aim at their enemies. Junpei also used his thunder ability to electric shock them, then Kouichi used a dagger and chanted very ancient or ritual words and a blast of darkness sprang out of his dagger.
"Looks like we have no other choice but to fight them." Kouichi muttered, "Otouto, please don't die yet."
As Kouichi, Takuya, Tomoki and Junpei were fighting to the small fries, Kouji and DAESTRA were taking their fight seriously. Kouji has been trying to avoid the murder's powers and finding out the weakness although he found nothing and he has many injuries as bloods were coming out from his skin. The enemy leader was having fun on torturing the younger twin so much. He loves to see the blood were flowing out and his suffering. The lone wolf lad tries to get up on his feet but he collapses on the ground and winced in pain.
"This is bad… I can't used my Darkness in this condition." Kouji thought, "Otousan, Mom, Mommy… Gomen ne… I can't able to avenge you."
Kouji was in greatly pain and he coughs some blood out of his mouth. Kourei was shocked to see his nephew was in danger but what he didn't expect to see DAESTRA would have to win to Kouji so as Izumi she was about to shout out although she shut and hung her head down. The mysterious Akuma no Shi leader steps forward to the lying younger twin. Kouji tries to get up but he doesn't have the strength to move. Then DAESTRA stopped moving and looked down at the helpless younger twin.
"This is the end… Minamoto Kouji. JOIN TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY!" he yelled
DAESTRA took out his sword coming out from nowhere, Kouichi saw the sword comes out from DAESTRA's will and thought that was probably part of his power. The Akuma no Shi Leader swing his sword through the air then he aim it through Kouji's chest until… he was pushed out from a strong element that DAESTRA had never expected what was coming from. He turns his head and saw one certain blonde haired girl, none other than Izumi, was running towards DAESTRA and Kouji. Also he gasped that Izumi had went through his strong barrier even for Kourei, Kouichi, Takuya, Tomoki, Junpei and Kouji.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Izumi yelled out,
The leader suddenly backend away from Kouji as he saw Izumi was about to hit him using a strong iron steel pole. He was considered lucky that he avoided her sudden attack but something unusual that is unpredictable. As he managed to escapes there was another hit coming from the iron steel pole that Izumi was holding. DAESTRA keep backing himself away from Izumi and Kouji.
"I didn't see that was coming." The leader of the evil men exclaimed.
DAESTRA was already away from Kouji and Izumi and he held the wound that he received from the hit. The blonde haired beauty was gasping a lot as something have drained out all of her energy that she had used it fighting the enemy. The enemy leader noticed something unusual to the certain blonde haired girl he knew she was the girl that was with Kourei inside of the Thunder barrier but she was out.
"That girl…" he whispers, "She looks quite familiar. Where have I've seen her before?"
"Did I see what I see?" Tomoki asked, "It's like something have gotten into her."
"Yeah like she change her personality or something." Junpei admitted.
The mysterious Akuma no Shi leader stares at the blonde haired beauty for she continues to gasps one by one. Then he notices the strangeness of the young teenager girl's eyes. She has her sapphire blue eye on her right eye while on her left eye was different. Instead of her sapphire blue it was light or dark purple with a thin black pupil like a cat. Also he took another look to her hand as he could see that the iron steel that Izumi was holding wasn't actually real. It was somehow made up from her own hand. He had never seen a girl like her holds some unknown powers except… he seems really happy than being shocked to see it.
"Hmp! I guess this where we say goodbye." He said, "But this isn't the last time you'll be seeing me. I'll come back for you more. Minamoto Kouji… no Blue Wolf."
With that, DAESTRA and his all the Akuma no Shi members have disappeared into the thin air leaving their messes behind. Izumi was still breathing tiredly she was about to get up but she suddenly collapsed down luckily Kouji was there to catch her in a nick of time. Tomoki, Takuya, and Junpei were also dead tired and they've used all of their powers from the fight. It was their first time they're using their powers against to someone who also have the powers too. Kouichi was half tired as he barely shows any signs of his pain then he neared to his younger twin brother and the unconscious girl.
"Oniisama did you see what Orimoto-san did to that man?" Kouji asked him.
"Yes… I did see it, but how in the world did she have that kind of power?" Kouichi wondered. "I never sense the presence of hers."
"Don't forget her eye color change too." Takuya added, "I also noticed that too."
As Kouji was still holding the unconscious blonde haired beauty, he was staring at her peaceful sleeping face, which it made him blushed seeing the girl's sleeping face. He immediately lowered his head down, hoping that no one saw his blushing face. Kourei was standing to his place where the thunder barrier has set up, the man has not move from his place he was shocked seeing what he saw Izumi fighting to DAESTRA. He was sweating as he recalled Izumi's mismatched eyes and the strange aura that he had never felt it before.
"Orimoto Izumi has the element of Wind… although there is something strange." Kourei thought. "Where have I seen that purple eye looks like a cat from her? And the strange aura I felt it before?"
Caught 0.8 End
Kairi: Phew the 8th chapter was actually difficult to make… also to recall what exactly I wrote! Someone erased to this chapter, which I finish it since Dec. 4. I was about to update it until it was erased! I'm terribly sorry that you were waiting for this chapter… oh and Akuma no Shi means Devil's Four or Death. In Japan the word 'Shi' is the most terrifying word and they terrify the number 'four' since both represent death. I'm not joking guys and it's really true… that's why in Japan they don't have the room number of four but they skip it to five.
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