"Miss Makima…what are you talking about?"
Denji stood there in confusion as Makima leaned her back against her desk, her arms supporting herself on both edges. She looked at Denji with an intensity he had never witnessed before from her. Normally she was calmness incarnate but right now she seemed ever so slightly on edge. Her face still exuded that aura of serenity but she seemed more tense now.
"Denji, come closer please?" Makima asked as she beckoned him to come closer. Denji didn't even think, it was almost on instinct that he moved closer to her until he was a few inches removed from her.
She placed both her hands on his shoulders, causing the young man to blush completely red.
"For the past year I've been working for a powerful organization. The man you just met is a very high ranking member in there. This organization is powerful, far more powerful then my higher ups in the government, these people in this organization…they come from another world."
That last word was whispered close to his ear. Denji could feel her warm breath so close to him that he almost felt like he could ejaculate in his pants at that instant.
"That's…that's….wow" Denji said in disbelief and wonder as he continued looking into Makima's deep golden eyes.
"They have been helping me in my endeavors to stop the Devils rampaging. Their resources have been instrumental in our cause Denji. They are powerful people whom without their help none of this would be possible. But in return for their help they also expected something from me."
Denji looked like he hadn't been paying attention but Makima knew that when she spoke he would always listen.
"Do you have any idea what that is Denji?"
Denji thought for a while, rubbing his head as he tried to recall anything of note. And then it hit him, the one big request she asked of him.
"The Gun Devil" he said.
Makima silently nodded in agreement.
"Yes Denji, they want the power of the Gun Devil. For what purpose I don't know but that's not important. I gave my word that I would acquire it for them and I still haven't and they are getting impatient."
Denji noted the seeming worry in Makima's voice. She was never worried but now she seemed….almost a little scared.
"Is that…is that why that man was here?" he asked.
"Not exactly. That was another matter altogether. You see one of their permanent members has been heavily injured and is forced to abandon his position to recover, which means a spot as an official member has opened up and I wish to acquire it."
"But…Miss Makima why?" Denji wondered.
"That's not important Denji. What is important is that acquiring the Gun Devil will help solidify my spot on the Collective. Which will allow me to not just protect this world but also all the other worlds."
Denji's head lit up as he realized he had heard that name before. He struggled mentally to recall where he had heard it. His mind usually filled with thoughts of food, boobs and sex so much that work related matters aside from Makima barely crossed his mind.
But then he remembered the assignment she had given him yesterday.
"Wait that's the organization those two warned us….so that's why…"
Makima nodded in confirmation. "Yes Denji that is why I need you to keep watch over these two men. The Collective doubts they are a problem but I don't want them to find out about my dealings with them so I want you to find out why they are truly here and how much they know. Will you do that for me Denji?"
She softly placed her fingers under his chin and lifted his face to meet hers.
Denji almost drooled as he looked into her beautiful deep golden eyes. And like a dog looking at meat he quickly nodded his head willingly.
"Yes Miss Makima anything for you" he said willingly.
Makima gave him a smile and in slow motion slowly moved closer and gave Denji a quick yet deep kiss full on the lips. Denji's knees went weak and he felt himself unable to support himself as he fell to his knees the moment their lips disconnected.
"You're such a good dog Denji" Makima said lovingly as she looked down upon him.
Megumi stood outside the Devil Hunters HQ doors groaning in irritation as he gave the place a good look and saw a familiar black bird fly down to the ground and minutes before it hit the pavement he saw the bird turn into his working partner Qrow.
"So Megumi finally got away from that horny Power girl I see. Get it because she literally has horns" Qrow said chuckling at his own joke.
"I don't want to talk about it. What did you find out?" Megumi replied in his usual stoic and serious tone.
Qrow sighed and leaned against the nearby wall "it's like the worst case scenario we imagined. I just saw her with Silco. Which can only mean one thing."
"She's working for the Collective. And we basically told her we were looking for them."
"But she doesn't know that we know she's associated with them. Also we don't know to what extend they are working together. For all we know they could be blackmailing her" Qrow said.
"Have you not been paying attention! Does that woman look like someone who can be blackmailed? She aligned with them on her own accord. But why? And what do we do now, from what I've been seeing this woman seems almost untouchable and everyone around here either worships or fears her."
Megumi's explanation made Qrow think back to the weird feeling he got around her yesterday. It was something he couldn't explain. This morning he had asked Aki and Power about Makima and Aki had spoken with reverence about her while Power basically lambasted her and didn't have particularly fond things to say.
Then a brilliant idea came to Qrow's mind.
"Megumi I got it. Go and find that Power girl and flirt back with her" Qrow told his partner as he grabbed his flask and drank from it.
Megumi's eyes went wide, the first time Qrow ever got to see that expression after the last few months of working with him. "Have you been drinking too much! That girl is completely crazy!"
"And she's crazy for you," Qrow said stepping closer to Megumi "and we can use that. Come on use your charms and get her to tell you all about everything she knows and maybe there's something in there we can use against Makima."
Megumi scowled and turned to walk away, clearly not wanting to entertain this idea any longer.
"Come on don't be like that. You have any other ideas?" Qrow called after him. Megumi stopped in his tracks and turned around "ideas that involve me not pandering to the feelings of an unstable fiend! Any idea is better than that!."
"But do you have one?" Qrow asked as he crossed his arms and his expression turned stern "look with the way we are working now we will never find any information on her and the Collective might figure us out and we can't afford that. So what are you going to do Megumi? Are you going to take one for the team. Worst case scenario you might not die a virgin after all."
The two looked at each other with an intensity for a couple of seconds. Until Megumi let out a sigh of relief and turned his back to Qrow clutching his head in his hand as he breathed out in annoyance.
"Fine I'll do it. But not a word from you" Megumi replied to Qrow without looking at him.
"Oh don't worry I'll be a silent observer. Wouldn't want to miss the sight of you trying to flirt for the world" Qrow joked as he took another sip from his flask, chuckling at the idea of his coworker flirting with the crazy girl with horns.
A/N: Okay this chapter is pretty well done in my opinion. And yes I'm definitely moving forward with the Megumi/Power thing. I think it will be a lot of fun. So let me know what you guys think of this story so far, I know its not set in the RWBY universe where all the Collective Chronicles series have taken place so far but I want to branch out and this seems like a great place to start. Plus you guys love the good smutty stuff and I can be a bit more explicit within this franchise.