Authoress' Notes:
Well, here's the second chapter! Special thanks to Kavya-san for helping me decide that Emishi would say "AAAAAACK!" (as opposed to "EEEK!", "YIKES!" or any of the other possibilities.)
Oh, and Akabane-sama's scalpels are the glowing anime kind, mmk? If that offends you, then just pretend the word "glowing" isn't in there.
DISCLAIMER: I DUN OWN ANYTHING!
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Chapter Two
Subtlety is Overrated
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Emishi leaned closer, whispering to the Threadmaster, "Let's start by asking. If we catch them off guard, maybe we can startle them into a confession!"
"Good plan!" Kazu enthused. "I'll ask Ginji!"
Emishi looked slightly less thrilled. "Aw, I wanted to ask Ginji!"
The normally dignified and composed Threadmaster stuck his tongue out at the other man. "Too bad. I called it." And with that, he got up and walked over towards Ginji.
Emishi groaned, but walked over to Akabane.
"N-ne, Akabane-sama?"
The hat moved up slightly, revealing the violet death glare beneath. "Yes, Emishi-san?" the Doctor asked in a sweet voice.
"Um… well…"
Akabane merely blinked, waiting.
"W-we were wondering…" He felt sweat pouring down him, caught as he was in that Gaze of Death.
Emishi took a deep breath and asked in a rush, "DoyoulikeGinji?"
The voice grew even sweeter. "I beg your pardon?"
"Do you… ya know… like… like like Ginji?"
Emishi whimpered as the death gaze bored through him…
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Kazuki had a much easier time. It was also much more fun.
"Ne, Ginji-kun?"
"Hm? Whzit, K'zu?" Ginji mumbled, mouth full of pizza.
"Do you have a crush on Akabane-sama?"
Ginji paused in wolfing down his food, choking. Kazuki helpfully pounded the boy's back, dislodging the offending pizza.
"W-WHAT?" Ban was startled, to say the least.
Ginji had by now flushed to a rather interesting shade of raspberry.
"W-w-what do y-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!"
Everyone's heads whipped around towards the source of the commotion.
Emishi stood pressed against the wall. Around him, 108 glowing scalpels formed a perfect outline. As the group stared, Emishi slowly stepped away, put some distance between himself and Akabane and then took off sprinting for the back room. He said, in passing, that he was just going to see if Paul had a band-aid. (One scalpel had gone slightly too close, grazing the Joker's cheek.)
Dead silence filled the small store. Jackal slowly walked towards the back. As he walked, 108 scalpels flew through the air and buried themselves in the Jackal's flesh, fading from sight.
As Akabane advanced towards the back room, Shido, who had missed the cause for the commotion but could sense the imminent termination of his friend's life, stepped into the Doctor's path.
Akabane had never looked so dangerous. His expression was a study in absolute control, but his eyes blazed with violet fire, and the blades rippled slightly beneath his skin.
Shido stood firm. "Come on, Akabane-san. What could Emishi have done that was so bad?"
"Beastmaster," a calm, dangerous voice hissed from under the hat, "I have no wish to harm you. However, if you do not step aside and let me at that fool who dares try to matchmake me, I will be forced to cause you rather grievous bodily damage."
Shido was trying desperately to choke back his laughter as he stepped aside.
Akabane knew he was grossly overreacting, but he couldn't help it. He didn't know why, but the Joker's question had touched a hidden nerve.
Suddenly, Ginji stepped into his path. Energy crackled at his fingertips, and he said, "Back down, Akabane-san."
Akabane paused, startled. "What do you think you're doing, Ginji-kun?" he asked in that dangerously sweet voice.
Ginji looked a little frightened, but he also looked determined. "I'm stopping you. Leave Emishi alone."
Akabane and Ginji simply stood, staring at each other. Neither made a move, though Akabane's hands were poised to pull out the scalpels and attack, and the lightning blazed in Ginji's hands.
Suddenly, Kazuki jumped, chibified, between them. "I KNEW IT!"
Everyone, Akabane and Ginji included, stared now at Kazuki.
"OH MY GEESE! YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER!"
While the spectators continued to stare, Akabane slowly backed away. "What?" he asked.
"You'd've already killed each other, but you can't bear to, 'cuz you're in LOVE!"
Emishi popped out of the back room, grabbed Kazuki's hair and yanked the Threadmaster into the back with him. The door slammed an instant before ten scalpels buried themselves in the door. The scalpels were followed closely by a bolt of lightning.
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Ok, well that concludes the second chapter! By the way, credit for the "OH MY GEESE!" line goes to Sumi-onee-sama. That's gotta be the best translation of "omg" I've ever seen.
I'm currently lookin' at maybe seven chapters, but that may end up changing. Please review!