Chapter 4

I'm back! Welcome everybody to chapter 4 of 'The Thin Line'. In this one, the Jaegers will be formed. And you know what that means? You do? Well if you don't, it means Kurome and Tatsumi first meeting! And with all this said, we can start the story!

Legend:

"Talking."

'Thinking...'

Chapter 4: Jaegers

Tatsumi was sat with his feet on the table while waiting for his new 'teammates'.

Some days ago, Esdeath informed him that she was forming a team that main purpose would be to face Night Raid and rescue the Emperor. The idea was to make it only of Teigu users.

According to her, today was the first meeting they will have and he still has no idea what kind of people will be in. Knowing Esdeath... the chances are limitless.

The door opened to reveal a big, muscular man with a mask enter the room. Tatsumi raised a brow. "Ehm, the torture room in downstairs buddy."

The man, surprisingly, blushed "I'm sorry... but I am not headed to the torture room. I was called for the meeting of a new team for the empire. Oh right, my name is Bols."

Tatsumi blinked at the mountain of a man as he absorbed the information. He then smirked "My bad. Come on, sit down." he said as he got his legs off the table. "Name's Tatsumi."

Bols nodded and took a seat at one side of the table. Neither talked at all as they waited for the next member to arrive.

"Hello team! My name is Wave and..." Wave stopped mid-sentence as he stared at Bols and didn't notice Tatsumi. 3 seconds passed before he spoke again. "I'm sorry! Wrong room!" and with that he closed the door.

"Was he carrying a bag of fish?" Tatsumi asked after some seconds of silence and Bols nodded.

"It would appear that way. Do you think I scared him?" He asked clearly worried.

Tatsumi took a deep breath "It might be. Don't take offence, but you are one scary man."

Bols blushed "Maybe I should make some tea as an apology. Is there a kitchen here?" Tatsumi pointed to a direction and Bols went his way to let the water boil.

Wave peeked his head inside "I-Is this the right room?"

Tatsumi shrugged "It depends, you came to sell fish or to join a 'special team'?" Tatsumi asked making air quotes of special team.

"The special team."

Tatsumi grinned "Then this is the right room. Name's Tatsumi and the big guy is Bols. Nice to meet ya buddy."

Wave gave him a small smile as he sat down. "Well, I bring some fish as gift if you want one feel free to-"

"Yeaaaaaah... I'll pass. But thanks."

Wave nodded and Tatsumi leaned on the chair as he rested his feet on the table. He didn't notice when Bols sat again on the table.

The next one to enter, was a girl in a black sailor uniform and black hair and a katana. She sat on a chair and started to eat some cookies. Wave sighed. A normal person.

Tatsumi eyed her too. As a mercenary, he heard lots of stories of the empire army. One of those, about an assassin that could bring death as puppets to the battlefield and that experiments were used on her. The girl caught his staring and hugged the cookies protectively. "Mine."

Tatsumi smiled as he closed his eyes "Don't worry. Poison isn't my favorite ingredient. You can kill yourself alone."

Wave had a face of horror while Bols looked at Tatsumi, his expression couldn't be seen due to his mask.

The girl glared at Tatsumi that kept smiling "By the way, name's Tatsumi and-" the girl jumped to him ready to stab him and Tatsumi created a ball of lighting in his hand and intercepted the attack "You shouldn't have done that." He said opening an eye and giving the angry girl a mocking smile.

'What's wrong with this people!?' Wave screamed internally as the door opened and a girl with auburn hair and a green armor enter the room accompanied by a... rubber... thing.

She made a salute "Seryu Ubiquitous, reporting to... what's going on?" She asked seeing the position that Tatsumi and the girl were in.

Tatsumi looked at her while holding the blade in place and smiled "We kind of got in an argument about poisonous cookies. She got mad 'cause I have the reason and now you see what happened."

"Are you always an idiot?" The girl asked as Tatsumi pushed her back.

Tatsumi shrugged "I consider myself, charismatic."

"You seem more like an idiot to me." She simply said and went back to her spot to eat her cookies.

"Oh my. What happened here?" A tall man with black hair with a white part asked and Seryu snapped as she bends down to one knee and threw roses to the air and the rubber thing next to her did it too.

The man smiled at that as he decided to enter the room "Pardon the intrusion, I was called here to form part of a stylish team. Is this the right room?"

"Sure. At this point, I don't care anymore." Tatsumi said and Wave was close to a mental breakdown. What's wrong with this people!?

The door opened again to let in a blonde man with white clothes enter the room. He was carrying a gentle smile as he entered, "Excuse me, is this the right room? My name is Run."

Wave looked at him and grabbed his hands as his eyes shined "Finally someone normal!" Run confused, only chuckled nervously.

Once everyone was sat down, no one talked. The black-haired girl that name was Kurome, was glaring at Tatsumi while eating her cookies. Tatsumi for his part was close to falling asleep. Bols was serving the tea he just made. Seryu was hugging the rubber dog, that is a teigu that is called Koro. Run was reading. Stylish was smiling at Tatsumi for... reasons. And Wave was trying to figure out in what he got into.

"Ehm, Tatsumi?"

"Hm?" Tatsumi answered half-awake.

"You had been here the longest, so you know who is the one that formed the team?" Wave asked him and the attention shifted to the half-sleep assassin.

"Yeah, Esdeath did it to catch Night Raid and stuff. You know, justice, safety and etc. By the way, Esdeath is outside and is going to attack us to test us out." He warned as smirk formed on his face.

The doors opened to let Esdeath enter with a disappointed sigh. "You always ruining my fun, Tatsumi." She then grinned seeing her new troops. "Well, as Tatsumi mentioned earlier, I am General Esdeath. I formed this team to save the emperor that was kidnapped and to fight the assassins group known as Night Raid. From this day on, we will be known as Jaguars." She smirked as she turned around. "Tomorrow I will see how each one of you fight. For now, you can go to your chambers to rest."

*Night Time*

"It is getting worse..." Tatsumi muttered as he wiped the blood that came from his nose. Ever since the fight with Esdeath, the symptoms are getting worse. Sudden headaches and blood coming from his nose are everyday more frequent.

"That doesn't look really stylish Tatsu." He turned around to see Dr. Stylish on the door frame looking at him.

Tatsumi threw the handkerchief he wiped the blood to the trashcan. "You think so Doc?" He asked with a smile and Stylish shook his head.

"When I first saw you, you didn't seem to be 100%. You know, I can fix you if you want." Stylish said with a smirk and a glint in his eye.

"Nope. I think I will avoid big fights whenever I can. But thank you for the offer Doc."

Stylish smiled at him "Well, if you change your mind, you know where to find me, Tatsu." and he left sending him a wink.

Tatsumi leaned on his chair and sighed "Why do I attract all the weird people?" He asked to no one but got an answer.

"Maybe because you are also a freak." He looked up to see Kurome looking at him with a bored look and eating her cookies.

Tatsumi smirked "That's rich coming from you between all people." He said but Kurome's facial expression didn't change.

"How did you know about my past?" She asked and Tatsumi shrugged.

"Rumors. I never believed them but after seeing the physical embodiment of them, I changed my mind." Tatsumi explained as he eyed the cookies. "And following that line of thought, I don't know how you can eat those things."

Kurome narrowed her eyes "I need them. And for your information, they taste good."

Tatsumi closed his eyes as he grinned "I bet that they taste just like you... sour."

Tatsumi consider a victory as he didn't hear a comeback. He changed his mind once Kurome forcefully opened his mouth and placed a good bunch of cookies in his mouth. She quickly left saying 'Bye-Bye.'

Tatsumi fell from the chair as he spited some cookies to breath. He tasted the ones left in his mouth and nodded. "Sweet..."

"Who would had said that?"

And done! That was chapter 4 of 'The Thin Line'. Hope that you enjoyed. Now, I few things.

Tatsumi behavior to Kurome. He doesn't want to be there. So, he will be an ass whenever he cans.

And that's that. If you expected more action or romance here, you'll have to wait to next chapter, that there, I'll have both of those things. And that's all! Remember to leave your Review that it helps my motivation, PM me for any doubts or suggestion, Follow and Favorite me and the story.

Till Next Time.

Roy D. Harper.

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