"Papa's gonna be so proud of Mari! She hopes to get rewarded, especially since she escaped that blue-hair and his friends all by herself!"
I heard the target's voice coming from up ahead. Peering around the street corner, I saw the target glancing around before heading into a toy store. I followed behind quietly, careful to avoid detection.
Inside, the target headed straight to the back of the store and stopped, her eyes flashing red.
"Petite Lapin! Show Mari the enemy's location!" She said, snapping. The rabbit doll in my bag suddenly leapt out and began to emit an ear-splitting noise. The target quickly turned and rushed up to me.
"Mari found him~" She said in a singsong voice. Before I could react, she swung her case against my head, sending me flying into a stack of toy swords. When I pushed them off and reached behind for Solstice, I noticed it wasn't on my back. 'It must be lost in the pile of toys...' I thought. Sighing, I reached down and grabbed one of the toy swords. While I specialize in scythewielding, I had also learned swordsmanship during training as a rookie. I froze the blunt wooden blade into a larger, sharper one of ice before moving in to strike. The target backstepped my attack before setting down her case. At the snap of her fingers, chains burst out from the case and wrapped around my limbs, stopping my movement. As the target came closer, I closed my eyes and accepted my fate...
But strangely, nothing came.
I opened my eyes and saw the target's grey eyes staring up at me.
"Blue-hair's not human either?" The target asked, stepping back. "He doesn't smell like human. What is he?" She asked tilting her head.
I growled and glared at her. "You don't know what you're talking about! I am human!" I knew what she was referring to, but still I denied it.
"Really?" The target merely giggled and walked towards the pile of toy swords, shifting through it until she found my scythe. She looked over it for awhile before twirling it a few times.
"If he really is right, the assassin will die... If he lives, Mari's right." She turned towards me and walked over, raising the scythe. "Let's see who wins the bet!~" With that, she brought my weapon down, cutting open my chest. The last thing I saw was the target standing over me, speaking one last sentence to herself, before everything went black...
"Mari wonders who won..."
Sorry that chapter took so long, despite the short length. I'll try to update more often from now on. OCs are gonna start appearing starting next chapter. Rather than quickly throwing everyone in at once, they'll be appearing gradually throughout the story. Sorry if anyone doesn't like that, but I find it better that way.