Hi hi!
I really don't have much to say at the moment-
Amy: Then allow me to do the talking.
Me: Fuck, I thought that I had patched up that hole in the 4th wall...
Amy: I'm sure you know why I'm here.
Me: No, Amy, you honestly most likely will not be getting a sequel.
Erin: You realize that if we don't get a sequel, you're gonna have a dirty revolt on your hands.
Me: What are you talking about!? You already got one!
Erin: No harm in jumping onto the bandwagon!
Lilith: While these two idiots are usually wrong, I have to agree with them at this moment in time. You promised us sequels at one point.
Me: Well, sucks to suck, life is life. Promises be broken all the time.
Miu: Well t-that's not nice.
Amy: I can see the me in you. It's sickening.
Erin: Agreed.
Me: Can we not go on with this? I have a chapter to get started.
Amy: Hey, if this is your kingdom, you're nothing without your people!
Erin: Yeah, we're gonna revolt!
Me: Come on, I have another story planned for after this, so tough!
Amy: Have you forgotten that oh so long ago, you decided to give a majority of us superpowers?
Me: You can't do anything if I decide to start the chapter now!
Erin: You wouldn't dare-
ONWARDS!
Vale scowled where he was, slamming the back of his head into the wall behind him.
Damn Zagan.
The idiot was currently standing before Kroni's squad, hands held behind his head as Kroni's group held him down.
Kroni just stood there, in all his damn glory. His short silver hair stuck up, brown eyes the only warm thing on him. He wore a white dress shirt and black dress pants, similar to Winter's attire, just a bit more formal, "Hiems! It's been a long time, has it not?"
He spoke as if it was a casual meeting, ignoring how his guards were shaking down Zagan for weapons, effectively making Vale frantically looked up to the tower, cursing to himself. If they had just stuck to his plan, none of this would have happened!
"It has, Kroni Xotam, it certainly has." Hiems said, but he wasn't looking at Kroni. Rather, he was looking down at his former bodyguard, all while absentmindedly rubbing the back of his head.
From what Vale had managed to get from Shax, Zagan had been the one to nearly bust in Hiem's head with a vase, smashing it in the process. So, in reality, it made sense.
"Oh, look at you, still as formal as ever, I see." Kroni grinned. With the way he acted, it looked like he owned Limbo. But, with the air that Winter had, it was obvious who was in control, extra men or not, "I see you've got some pleasantries set."
"It is the formal thing to do." Winter said, before gesturing to the table, "Of course, for a guest of your caliber, I know it not much, but it shall do."
"Well, now I feel bad." Kroni admitted, before shrugging, "You see, I've got quite the tight schedule, you know with Skinner up my ass with the whole territory war and that new guy thinking that he can run Bloodbath. Don't even get me started on all these other stupid groups popping up left and right. It's a heck of a lot to talk in, you know? But I'm sure that you've more than heard of it all."
"Indeed I've heard." Winter went on, before going back to sit down at his chair, "But, you must agree, it would be rude to turn down a simple request before I give you the information you seek."
As pretty as he tried to make his words sound, there was no mistake to the frost in his words. He wasn't asking it, he was commanding it.
Finally, with a sigh, Kroni nodded to his guards, "Very well, I can do just that much."
Kroni walked over, sitting down on the other chair, as Winter poured him a cup, "I see that you've brought a present along with you." Winter said, finally addressing Zagan, "Hello, old escort."
"Found him up on the streets," Kroni spoke on, doing his best to keep a conversation going. Vale could see it, that cold sweat on the demon's forehead, "Seemed to be following me, but I know how much you enjoy a show, so I figured that he would be a great addition to our little trade. I hope that you do not mind?"
"At this moment, of course not." Winter said, seeming to dismiss it, before the two went on to speak of business.
"What the hell is going on down here!?"
"Zagan's caught," Vale sighed, groaning and he rubbed his forehead, "We still have no connection to your brother and his stupid follower, and now I'm the only one that has a chance to do anything."
"Well…"
Vale scowled when he said nothing more, "What's the game plan? Come on, Shax, don't leave me hanging!"
"...The only chance that we have out would be if you had some tower support right now."
"Fuck." Vale cursed, before looking back up to the tower, "Anytime now, you two. I swear, if the both of them are off doing something else…"
His invocation was answered with a pop going through the air.
Both Winter and Kroni looked off to the side, "...Did you hear something?" Kroni murmured, Winter standing up.
Vale inspected the guards and Zagan, both of which looking equally confused. So it wasn't Zagan.
His attention was directed to where Kroni was walking over, inspecting what seemed to be...No way, was that a fallen sniper?
"I see you decided to bring a bit more then your usual squadron and my old escort," Winter said nonchalantly, "And here I thought that you trusted me."
"As you can probably tell, you can't trust too many people these days." Kroni shouted back, before looking around, "Which one of you did it!?"
Vale looked up to the tower. Judging by the direction that the sniper fell over, the shot had to have come from Augue. If he squinted, he swore that he could see the barrel of Abraxas' sniper, "About time, you gluttonous coward." Vale scoffed, a small smile tugging at the edge of his mouth.
"And you have more then one. To think that your distrust runs this deep." Vale heard Winter scowl. He looked over to see the Elemental's eyes narrowing, before looking to Zagan, "Or is it you? Wait, not likely, I hired you as my guard for a reason."
"It was none of them, so that would mean…" Kroni murmured, before scowling, giving Winter a look, "Is this your doing?"
"You dare to ask such a nonsensical question?" Winter scowled. Vale was loving this, maybe this job wouldn't be as harsh as originally thought, "I come here, out of my way, to help you and give you the information you so eagerly desire, and this is my thanks."
Vale took some time to look over to Zagan, who was nodding towards him. He knew, Zagan knew; Abraxas and Kuro hadn't left them to die.
But, before anything else could be said or done, a searing pain blossomed into his shoulder. It was only then that he had noticed that, in his need to hear more, see more, he had slowly been exposing himself. With a curse, it was then that he realized that he should have formed a plan before letting it get this far to begin with.
Kroni noticed as Vale tried to hide himself once again, a dark grin creeping across his face, "Well, will you look at this, Hiems! It's been awhile since I've heard from you, Surith Braxtar! Of course, after what happened at Nyryth's party, I'm going to assume that you're not who you say you are."
Vale scowled when he felt a gun barrel pressed against his forehead, looking up to meet the eyes of some other stupid Kroni guard.
Kroni, being the cocky guy he was, stood off to the side, but Vale could see it. The Fool was scared, "Now, you're gonna go ahead and drop whatever weapons you've got-."
Just in time, the demon pressing the barrel against his head dropped, allowing Vale time to grab the fallen gun, holding it up and out towards Kroni, "Better swallow those pretty words and run back to whatever cover you had."
"Someone thinks that they must sound so smooth right now, huh?"
"Say what you want, Shax; but it looks like Kuro is rubbing off on me."
"They're back!"
Kuro scowled. She was about to shoot down another round, only to be forced to duck when a familiar scythe flew over her head, "Damnit, Abraxas; you have one job."
"Well, I didn't ask for my face to be all fucked over!" Abraxas shouted. The Shades seemed more then occupied with Abraxas, as Kuro lined up for the next shot. Looking through the scope, she could see that, not only was Zagan caught, but they know had Vale as well, "Jeez, I swear, I have no idea how the four of you made it this far in life." Kuro sighed, before taking down another sniper.
The next shot nearly missed, with the demon holding Vale at gunpoint being pretty damn close, but when she saw the body drop, she allowed herself a tiny fist bump to the air in that moment.
Once she was sure that enough panic had been about evenly expelled, she lined up the next shot the moment she saw Vale grabbing a gun, firing to cover his retreat to somewhere safer. Taking a moment, she noticed Zagan looking right back at her, a huge grin on his face, before she went to take out his guards.
The moment that was done, Zagan seemed to be rejuvenated, as he fought to rise. He seemed to pull out two sets of brass knuckles from his boots, before proceeding to go all out. In all honesty, he looked like he was playing the best game of whack-a-mole in his life.
Taking a step back, it really looked like she had evened out the odds.
Kuro was going to shoot once more, only to feel something throw her over. She ducked under the second shadow, not noticing that she had pulled the trigger, before Abraxas finally managed to intercept, which allowed Kuro to look through the scope once more.
"This is probably the worse place to snipe." Kuro grumbled, reloading, before firing down, catching another sniper.
"I have no idea what your talking about!" Abraxas shouted from another side of the tower, sounding like he was trying to make light on their given situation, "You cannot get higher then this without a good old bag of weed!"
"Just shut up and defend me, will you?" Kuro scowled, lining up the next shot. From up here, she could see that Kroni and whoever he decided to bring going into a panic, Zagan seeming to be having the time of his life. Vale, while he looked to be nowhere in sight, Kuro imagined that there had to be a reason as to why some of the guards were just dropping.
As for Winter, well, he just looked irritated. There he stood, in all his glory, with his hand in his face. His table had been knocked over in the chaos, but he didn't look to angry about that.
If anything, it wa everything else that was probably pissing him off.
Kuro lined up the next shot for him.
She'd heard stories, seen him in person, but neither would be preparing her for the shitstorm he was known to cause if she allowed him to keep kicking.
So, with a sigh, she pulled the trigger…
Only for it to click.
Kuro scowled, moving the gun to the side, "Abraxas!"
"Busy!"
"I'm out!"
"Still busy!"
Kuro growled, left to no other choices, she pulled the bow off of her shoulders. Pulling back the draw string, she groaned. It felt so...weird.
But, right before she could, something pushed her back. Kuro just barely caught herself from falling over the edge of the tower, allowing herself a second to breathe, before ducking under another swing of the scythe, "Abraxas, dude!"
"You understand what busy means, right!?" Abraxas growled, his voice sounding as if it were all over the place.
Kuro scowled, searching her pockets, before managing to pull out a small knife. Just in time too, as the Shade made another swing for her head. Kuro ducked under, managing to roll forward, before throwing the knife up.
It was then that Kuro took note; it would appear as if Shades were able to be hurt when taken by surprise.
That, or the black ooze that was coming out of this Shade was something else that Kuro didn't want to think about.
The Shade shambled back, cursing as she covered her abdomen. She shouted something to her sister, or whatever the other one was, before sinking back into the ground, a scowl on the Shade's face as she went.
Kuro couldn't help but feel just a tiny bit smug, before looking over to Abraxas. He caught her eye, dodging under another weird shadow-thingy, "You give them support, I can keep this one busy!"
The Shade looked like she was about to protest, only to have Abraxas, somehow, hold her attention.
Meanwhile, Kuro sighed, drawing an arrow. Just like a sniper my ass, she thought, drawing back the bowstring.
Now that she was looking back down, even without a scope, she could see that Winter was gone.
Kroni was still down there, looking like he was shouting around orders, but with all of his snipers down and most of his men cut down to half, it looked like it would be a quick retreat.
Kuro tried to level the bow, growling when she couldn't seem to aim it just right, but let it go anyway.
It didn't hit Kroni, but it caught one of his close guards in his shoulder.
"Hey, don't go wasting those arrows and our time!" Abraxas shouted from wherever he was at, "Just focus and draw back! From the looks of it, they're falling back away! This is just target practice!"
"What happened to you being busy!" Kuro shouted, pulling back another arrow, before letting it fly. This time, it embedded itself into a wall nearby Kroni's head, "I swear, I'm going to walk over there and take those damn yellow glasses soon, I can't aim with this!"
It was seconds later that Kuro noticed how it went uncharacteristically quiet. Kuro slowly turned around, only to see Abraxas standing there, just as confused.
Kuro looked over the edge, head cocked to the side, "...What the hell was going on?"
Kuro whipped around, arrow drawn, when the door was thrown open.
Vale stood there, covered in blood, looking out of breath, "We need to leave, now." He seemed to be rather fine, even with the blood seeping from where he was shot, his hand not seeming to do much to stop it, but it wasn't like he was gonna drop anytime soon.
"But we're not done here." Kuro grumbled, looking over the edge. Kroni was backing out of Limbo, Zagan deciding to stick to hit-and-hide runs, since he was nowhere in sight. Looked like he wasn't all muscle after all.
"I don't know who, but someone here sounded alarms," Vale hissed, keeping his head down, "And I don't know about you two, but I don't want to be here when they call in some reinforcements."
"But we took care of them," Abraxas murmured, pulling his sniper back over his shoulder, "Two Shades. They're both gone."
"Ever think that there could be more then two?" Vale scowled, before shaking his head, "Look, there's a clear way out of Limbo from here, all we need to do is get back to the ground floor. Zagan's already on his way out."
"So we're retreating?" Abraxas sighed, "Shax won't be happy with this."
"We're not retreating, we're falling back before Limbo is filled out." Vale murmured, looking around, "Now come on, we have to go!"
"Think about it, Abraxas," Kuro muttered, shouldering the bow, "We should leave while we still can. There was some time between the first alarm and the Shade's appearance, enough time for us to get out of here if we run now."
"...I hate it when you logic." Abraxas growled, before following Vale out the door, "Fine, but if we have to fight our way back to the bar, I can't promise to be of much long range use. I'm out of shots."
"As if the stakes have ever been in our favor," Vale grumbled, practically pulling the other two along with him, "Now hurry up before Zagan is overrun; or worse, caught."
Escaping, surprisingly, wasn't the hard part.
If anything, it was the easiest damn section of the whole mission.
The moment they got to the bottom, Vale easily maneuvered them out of Limbo. It looked like that map of the place wasn't on the table just for show, since Vale knew where to speed past, duck down, or take out an unsuspecting guard.
The whole way out, they only say one other Shade, but other than the few unfortunate guards, they weren't seen. Even when climbing over the fence, no one bothered them.
"Won't lie, I kinda expected them to be a bit more...vigilant." Abraxas grumbled, dropping off on the other side of the fence, "I mean, I know that Limbo is pretty chill and all, but come on, that is the most relaxed and casual I've ever seen any type of work force."
"Well, they didn't really have eyes out for us," Vale reasoned, helping Kuro get down, "they're looking for demons who broke in, not really for those breaking out."
"Even if they are one in the same." Kuro hissed, her hair having been caught in the fence more than once, before settling herself next to Vale, right on top of what seemed to be a ledge for runoff...Whatever fell from the sky in hell, "I swear, I will cut all this damn hair off. It's a giant curly mess most of the time!"
Before Kuro could go off on a long rant, she was pushed to the ground by Vale.
"Is that what I think it is?" Abraxas grumbled, slowly taking his sniper into his hands.
Kuro managed to push Vale off, taking a look around, only to gulp.
As much of a coward as Kroni seemed to be, he did know how to arrange and command a small army.
They honestly looked more or less scattered about to a point, but it was still enough for it to be intimidating in the sense of sheer numbers.
"Okay, don't worry, we can get around them," Vale sighed, before pressing a button on his com, "The plan has gone to shit, Shax. We're gonna head back to your place."
To this, Kuro cursed. All that planning, preparation, all of it falling through because...what, Abraxas didn't want her to be on the ground?
"Alright, it looks like Zagan is already on his way back...Okay, the minute that we can, we head straight back for the-."
Vale was cut off when a gun went off. Kuro instinctively ducked down, holding her head between her hands. The shot must have hit the wall next to her or something, since her ears were still ringing. Hell, she didn't know that her ears could ring.
Once it stopped to the point where her skull didn't feel like the inside of a bell, she looked around, her expression dropping.
Where did Vale and Abraxas go?
She ducked and ran for cover when the gunfire started up again, lunging to duck behind what looked to be a broken-down wall.
Kuro looked over what she had, only to groaned. She was stuck by gunfire, with nothing but a bow and set of arrows she really didn't know how to use, and a few knives that she had managed to shove into her boot.
Kuro rubbed her hands together, only to look down, cursing. No wonder her luck has been going to shit as of recently, she'd left her ring at home.
With a groan, Kuro pulled at her hair. The next time she took the ring out, it was staying on her finger, period.
Kuro looked around, listening to anything. the firing had stopped, but that didn't mean that all signs of life had. She listened for footsteps, which she got a lot of, dropping her head with relief when they got quieter.
She snuck out around the back, head down and knife out and at the ready. She wasn't lost, at the very least she could get back to the Rift, and from there it wouldn't be too hard to get back to the bar.
Turning the corner, Kuro looked around, sneaking around the corner. When it came to being kept hidden, it was surprisingly easy for her, despite what Vale liked to call her "outlandishly" loud personality.
With a soft chuckle, she took a moment to laugh at herself. To think that she was in this mess to begin with all because she was just a bit too good at being invisible.
She was thrown from her thoughts, something she should really be familiar with by now, when a heavy set of footsteps came her way.
Judging by the sounds, there were at least three heading her way. With a scowl, she readied the knife, not that it would manage to do much in the event that they had guns-
"I want every corner searched, you hear me? If you find anyone, those damn problimatic vermin, even Winter, I want him dead, do you hear me?"
Kuro groaned, holding her head. Seriously, the only threat this guy had was the fact that his voice alone would be more than enough to make anyone drop dead. Jeez, dude sounded like he never made it out of puberty.
That's when it clicked. From where she as, she could take out one, maybe both, guards. If she could manage that much…
Kuro took a moment to slowly pull the bow off of her back, shaking her head. Assuming that she could aim, this wouldn't take too long. And after all was said and done, well...Meh, she'd figure it out when she got there.
With whatever courage/stupidity she had left, she rolled out from her hiding spot, coming up on one knee, an arrow already drawn.
She didn't really bother to aim, simply letting go of the bowstring within the rush of the moment. She nearly whistled in amazement when one of the guards dropped, before rushing to the side to avoid getting shot.
Kroni, doing what he could to look intimidating she guess, laughed as he puffed his chest out, "Well, isn't this a pleasant surprise!" Kroni said, as Kuro once again ducked down off to the side, pulling out another arrow. She cursed when the damn thing got caught in her curly hair, ripping it free while vowing to get it cut soon.
You know, if you lived through this.
And even after, she had a shit memory, so…
"You never did know when to stop sticking your head into things that don't concern you." Kroni tsked similarly to how a disappointed father would sound. At this point, with Vale and Shax basically looming over her at every second, it was a tone she was use to.
"I really thought that they would have found you before you decided to disappear, but hey, as long as you were out of our hair, I guess." Kroni murmured nonchalantly.
Kuro gagged, he was such a try-hard, it hurt.
"But now that we know you're alive, as leader of the Azure's, I have to be the one to set the example." Kroni sighed. Kuro peeked out from her hiding spot, just long enough to see Kroni reloading a gun, before ducking when a bullet went whizzing by.
She pulled an arrow back when she heard footsteps getting closer, before popping back out, letting the arrow go, only to curse when it hit his other bodyguard in the arm, ducking down to make sure that Kroni didn't get the chance to put a bullet through her head.
"You managed to steal quite a bit, from right under our noses, didn't you little kitty cat?" Kroni went on. It was then that Kuro wondered why the coward didn't run away. That seemed to be something he was rather fond of, running away and hiding behind others, when it hit her.
With the way he bragged, it was possible that he didn't even see her as a threat.
To this, Kuro grinned.
Famous last possible thoughts.
It took a while, but Kuro grabbed three arrows at a time. For once, ammo wasn't a problem, so if she could lay down a large enough area, maybe she could catch him off-
Kuro was forced out of her hiding spot when Kroni seemed to materialize around the corner, firing point blank.
Kuro jumped back, thanking Abraxas for running her through close-combat with a long-ranged weapon. Of course, Kuro always assumed it to be stupid, but right here and now, distance was key.
She let the arrows fly, one of them catching Kroni right in the shoulder. It was enough of a surprise to make his drop his gun, allowing time for Kuro to drop her bow and grip her knife, dashing forth.
The last thing Kroni would ever see would be the little harmless girl, one he didn't deem worthy to run away from, sliding a tiny knife into the side of his neck.
Oh well, sucks to suck, I guess.
This was an...odd moment, to say the least.
It all started when Kuro walked in, covered in blood. In one hand her bow, the other holding on tightly to the hair of the recently expired Kroni.
Of course, they didn't know what to expect when Kuro walked in in such a manner, but the tense air was cut through when she grinned, holding up the head, "So, where do you want me to put this?"
She seemed to have arrived during an argument between Shax and Vale, evident by the way Vale was holding Shax up by the collar of his shirt.
The moment she walked in, Shax was dropped, Vale's face, for once, holding a dropped jaw, "...Kuro...How…?"
"Well, that's a story for another day, yes?" Kuro grinned, tossing the head to Zagan, who caught it right before it could sully the pristine floor, "One thing's for sure though, I'm tired and I could use a drink."
Zagan decided, with the approval of Shax, to put the head down on an already dirty table, while Kuro tossed her bow and quiver to the side, before slumping over on the counter.
Hence, the current situation.
All five of them sat at the bar, for once, Shax included.
He wasn't on the other side handing out drinks; for once, he was sitting between Abraxas and Vale, taking a cup from the many he'd set out and assorted before sitting down.
While it was quiet, it was still a triumph.
Kuro liked to consider it a somber victory.
Slightly awkward of course, but still a victory.
Finally, it was Vale to speak up, "I was ready to scrap everything and start back at square one."
"Oh, hell to that." Kuro grinned, "I did not get almost-molested for nothing."
"If I'm completely honest, when you put all the pre-missions to Kroni's assassination, that one was probably the smoothest one of all."
To this, Kuro chuckled, "If that's your definition of smooth, I'd hate to see it when shit gets rough."
"Trust me, Shax probably knows what happens when Vale gets 'rough'." Abraxas said. Like the lightweight he was, he was most likely already wasted, something Kuro never really bothered to question, "Heck, makes sense why Shax is always such a pain in the ass at times."
With a giggle, Abraxas slumped over for just a bit, looking like he had just lost whatever conscious and sanity left.
"Idiot," Kuro muttered, taking another sip, "I'd say that I'm irritated for him pulling me out of place last second, but we still got the job done, right?"
"Right!" Zagan exclaimed happily, before holding his glass up, "This one was for Nazun! Creepy some of a bitch was off and out of it sometimes, but if anything, he knew how to get shit done!"
"Regardless of how many lives he wasted and time he allowed to pass," Vale said, almost in a sort of nostalgic tone, raising his glass as well, "Of course, we can't leave out the one who managed to get the job done."
Abraxas made some sort of cheer from where he was, but being how it was stupidly unintelligible, she assumed it to be some sort of cheer.
To this, Shax sighed, hefting his brother up, "I will take him to his room, before he has a chance to make a bigger nitwit of himself."
With that, Shax and his brother left up the stairs, leaving the other three to go back to their easy-going silence.
"Well, I wonder, what happens now?" Kuro asked quietly.
To this, Vale sighed, "Well, I guess things go back to how it was before. I'll go back to babysitting Zagan-."
"Hey!"
"-Abraxas will go back to irritating Shax, Shax will go back to insisting that he's right, and Zagan...Well, nothing will really change for the guy."
"Hey!"
"But the one uncertainly, of course, it you." Vale went on, giving her a look, "What do you plan to do?"
Kuro took a moment to really think it out, leaning back in her chair. If they had asked a few weeks ago, when she was first pulled into all this crap, there would be no question.
The only time she'd ever come back would be for a drink, no more and no less on that.
I mean, when you really think about it, Kuro wasn't really built for this kind of life. It was a fun side job, if anything; running around while stealing stuff and putting people down. But she knew better then anyone, luck didn't last too long.
Especially when it seemed to really like to spit in your face at times.
But, looking around, this is the most she'd ever had. No thievery would ever be able to get her things to replace them, she knew that much.
So, with a sigh, she put her glass down, "Well...If I'm honest, it's not like I'd have anything else to do."
"Besides, with how much time I waste here with all the rest of you, it'll be hard to go back to being half as lazy as I use to be."
"Does that mean what I think it means, consort?" Vale asked, a small smirk on his face.
"I still don't know what hat word means, wiseacre." Kuro said with a grin, before punching Vale's face, "See, I can use big words too. Besides, just cause Kroni's dead doesn't mean there's any shortage of demons to kill. For money, of course."
"For what is the game without the money, yes!?" Zagan jeered from where he sat, throwing his cup of.
Vale had to lean away to avoid the liquids that came from the cup, before giving Kuro a small smile, "It's good to hear. I know that, to a point, Shax just sees you as a replacement to Nazun, but I'm sure that you'll be a worthy permanent addition to Yoru."
"I'd hope so." Was all Kuro could really say, before looking over the discarded bow. She'd tossed it to the side the moment she could, due to how particularly irritating it was to operate, but if she was going to spend more time here, chances were that she was going to not only have to properly learn to use that, but also a few other things.
Honestly, just whatever Abraxas decided to throw at her last minute.
But, for now, she didn't have to think about that. She was somewhere safe, with good friends and a not-too-shabby drink selection.
Yeah, she could make due with this for now.
"So, I know this probably isn't the best timing," Zagan cut in, pointing over to the severed head off on another table, "But we should really don't something about that."
The moment the two were in Abraxas' room, Shax threw the door shut, practically tossing Abraxas to the ground. Not that it mattered, he had known his brother for his whole life, he didn't NOT go that drunk so easily, "I know that you did it to get me up here, to talk to me personally."
Abraxas gave him a drunked glare, "Is that so, big bro?"
"Drop the act and tell me what you wanted. I do not enjoy my time being wasted."
With a sigh, Abraxas pulled himself from the ground, dusting himself off, before giving his brother a grin, "I'm pretty sure you know what I know."
To this, Shax's eyes narrowed, "That little stunt you pulled back there, last minute in the meeting room, it wasn't as last minute as you had us all believe, was it?"
"Wow, you really did get all the good stuff from our parents, didn't ya?" Abraxas grinned, before flopping down onto his bed, "But yeah, you're right. That was something I decided to think about before going through with. You should feel honored, big bro, I got that tactic from you."
"But why bother?" Shax pressed on. If course he knew that Abraxas wouldn't teach Kuro to snipe just because, he had a purpose. Of course, sometimes it could be for some sort of personal gain, but he had to hear it come from his brother's lips, "What's your end goal?"
"Think about it, just for a moment, Shax." Abraxas said, leveling with him, "Really, you should be thanking me right about now."
"It might have been you to basically order me to work with her, but that's all the control you ever had. Think about it, I've been training her up all for this."
To this, Shax's eyes narrowed, "And just why would you do that? If you claim to be as I am, that would also make you as insensitive as I'm told to be."
"Now, that's where we differ, big bro." Abraxas said with a smirk, "I care for her, won't lie. I've gotten to know her, inside and out. To a point, I can predict her."
"Oh? Someone as indiscriminate as her?"
"Yep," Abraxas grinned, making finger guns, "For starters, I know that, even though she can and she knows it, she won't be leaving us anytime soon."
Shax didn't like how he said that. There was something to his tone, something that made him want to check every memory, every phrase Abraxas had ever uttered.
He was his brother, yes, but he was still a demon. A demon with his own agenda, regardless of others.
"Anyway, hope you're happy, you now have two snipers." Abraxas grinned, before getting back up, playfully punching Shax's shoulder, "Honestly, I just wanted to see if you'd say thank you."
"I could say something nice, but just for you, I'll stick to telling the truth and/or staying silent."
"Well, I'll take it!" Abraxas said with a grin, before jumping when a loud crash came from outside the door, "Oh jeez, something tells me that Zagan ran out and is now looking for something else to drink. Better stop him before he manages to do something stupid, huh?"
"There are too many children here for me to keep my eyes on, I swear." Shax sighed, before making his way for the door.
"You don't have that many kids to look after, don't worry about it, big bro!" Abraxas said with a grin, as Shax left.
Of course, the older brother wasn't there to see Abraxas walk over to his desk, pulling out a piece of paper. He put down a check mark, before sighing, tossing the paper to the side, "...You know, I feel that, some time soon, I deserve a vacation…"
So, yeah! That has been how Kuro became the Kuro from the beginning of the story!
So, as I'm sure you already put together, soon after, Abraxas leaves and Kuro fills in.
I wasn't sure how to really portray that last bit, so I hope I did a decent part of at least trying with that last part.
I feel like that's the only thing that Abraxas and Shax have in common. Their willing to use others, whether they're aware of it or not, to get what they want. I swear, Pride be the best type of demon out there.
Fuck morality, right?
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed, feel free to drop that Comment, don't forget to Like and Subscribe, and I'll catch ya in the next chappie.
...One of these days, I swear, I'll get a YouTube account.
What I'll do on it, I have no clue, but one day it'll be done.
Well, till next time, bai bai!
Amy: Hey, wait, what about out revolt!? I got these brass knuckles for nothing!? Damn, dick move Crimson, dick move!