A/N: didn't i say three updates today? huh, huh? well, enjoy!

Chapter 7

"What do you mean you're not doing it?" Francis asked, walking through his vineyards. "Not now or not ever?"

"Too many variables, not enough background," Arthur said, locking up his home and leaving. His bags were packed and he getting on the next ship out.

"Background?" Francis asked, a little freaked out. "A, they're just going to send someone else."

Arthur closed his phone, not believing that he just heard that! He sighed and looked at the keys to the house. He tossed them into the bushes and walked out to the main docks.

The bell for the ship tolled several times as the new arrivals were being let off the ship. Arthur stood on the docs, watching as they all passed by. He had his back to where they were all walking and watched out of the corner of his eye.

Arthur felt something not right. He turned to get a better look at the new arrivals when he felt his consciousness being pulled. He closed his eyes and saw another black and white vision. Kiku was screaming as a mirror he was next to broke from something shooting it.

The vision ended there and it left Arthur uneasy. He looked back towards the boat as people were boarding and narrowed his eyes.

It was raining on the island, something that hadn't happened there for a while. Yao went around the house, closing up all the windows. He thanked whatever god would listen that he had the roof redone or they would have had some serious leakage. It was pouring buckets outside, and Yao was perfectly content to stay inside and do nothing.

As Yao moved away from the window, assassins ran by, silently and quickly. They all hid behind large logs several meters away from the home itself while one jumped onto the roof, quiet as a mouse.

Kiku sighed as he listened to the news. The weatherman was making such a big deal about this storm. And it didn't help Kiku's mood since the TV kept going off every few seconds.

"I'll get sandbags from the shed," Yao said, pulling his coat on.

"You know, this is such a joke," Kiku said, popping some more popcorn into his mouth. "They make it sound all exciting when it's just rain."

"If you're not too busy, young man," Yao started, handing Kiku a roll of duct tape, "feel free to tape the windows." Kiku just shrugged and waiting till his brother had his back turned to go back to watching TV. "Now!"

Yao walked onto the porch and sighed. He hated rain as much as the next guy. But he needed to go out there, get soaked, and then come back in and drip water all over the place just to get some dumb sandbags. Oh no, Kiku was rubbing off on him.

The assassin on the roof ran to the end, not making a sound. He laid flat on his stomach with his head looking over the edge, waiting for Yao to step right beneath him.

Yao got to the edge of the porch, not out in the rain just yet. He was about to move he heard his name.

"Yao!" Arthur called from behind him. Yao turned to see Arthur standing in front of the door, dry as a bone and no jacket on. "Can I talk to you?" Yao shrugged and walked back over to Arthur, pulling his gloves off. "Can we talk inside?"

Yao was about to ask Arthur what was wrong, but decided against it. He really didn't want to know what was up. "Yeah, sure."

Yao walked in ahead of Arthur, who stayed outside a little longer. He walked towards the end of the porch, flipping his Sais out in the process. At the end, he jumped up and plunged his Sai into the roof, stabbing the assassin as well. As Arthur pulled his blade out, the assassin was blown away in a mess of green smoke and dust.

Arthur flipped his Sais back against his arms and ran into the house, locking the door behind him. The assassins still outside panicked for a second before deciding to move in.

"Hey, what's up?" Kiku asked, walking into the foyer were Arthur was pulling off his red leather over coat and Yao was pulling off his rain coat.

"Can you go to your bedroom for a minute, Kiku?" Arthur asked, his tone dead serious. "I need to talk to your brother." Kiku faltered for a second, looking between the two older men. "NOW."

"Go, Kiku," Yao said, pushing Kiku towards his room.

Once Kiku was far enough away, Arthur stepped right into Yao's face, his green eyes flashing dangerously. Yao gulped audibly.

"Who are you?" Arthur demanded, his voice laced with venom. "Don't lie to me."

"What?" Yao asked, trying to play dumb.

"They won't just kill you," Arthur said, knowing that Yao knew exactly what he was talking about. "They'll kill Kiku."

Yao looked down at the ground, wondering exactly how much he should tell the blonde. But Arthur wouldn't give him time. The blonde saw the other assassin through the window, aiming a gun at Yao.

"Damn it!" Arthur snapped, pushing Yao out of the way just as a dart whizzed past their heads and embedded itself in the mantle.

Yao ran farther into the house, grabbing Kiku, who was listening to them, on the way and Arthur right behind them. The assassin continued to shoot darts at them, but narrowly missing them buy a few centimeters. The three ran to the back and Yao shoved Kiku into the wall in the bathroom.

"Stay with Kiku," Arthur said before he closed the door on the two.

Arthur turned around and took a few steps away from the door, closing his eyes as he had another vision. He saw the assassin opening the door that was just in front of the blonde, gun in hand.

When Arthur opened his eyes, the assassin was right there, the dart gun not six inches from his face. Arthur gasped and threw himself to the ground as the assassin fired off the remaining darts in the gun. Several of the darts went through the door of the bathroom, missing the brothers by inches. One of the darts shattered the mirror that Kiku was next to. The Japanese screamed, snapping Arthur back into reality.

Arthur flipped onto his back, just at the ninja was reloading his gun. As the ninja leaned down to shoot Arthur, the blond kicked the man in the face, making his stumbled back a few feet. Arthur jumped to his feet and kicked the man in the chest, then set off a complicated serious of kicks and punches to the man's face and chest, making him stumble back into te living room.

"Arthur!" Kiku screamed, running to open the door.

"Kiku, no!" Yao cried, trying to stop his brother.

But it was too late. Kiku ran out into the hall, just as Arthur was able to get the man on his knees. The blonde then kicked him quickly on the head to get the ninja on his back. The ninja raised his gun again, but Arthur kicked it out of his hands and sent it skidding under the coffee table. Somewhere in the fighting, Arthur had grabbed one of the poison tipped darts, and now stabbed the man in the back with it, stunning him for a second.

However, it didn't stun him long enough. The ninja scrambled to sit up and found himself against the wall. He pulled out a shuriken and was about to toss it at Arthur, but the blonde was too quick. Arthur threw one of his Sais at the man, getting him right in the palm of the hand that held the shuriken and pinning said hand to the wall. The shuriken fell from his grasp and imbedded itself in the floor.

Arthur let out a deep breath as the ninja tried to struggle. Arthur pulled out his other Sai, just as the Asian's ran over to stand by Arthur. The Brit flipped his Sai out as he walked over to the ninja, a deadly glint in his emerald eyes. Arthur pulled down the ninja's mask and held the tip of the Sai at his throat.

"Who sent you?" Arthur asked the ninja in perfect Japanese, which made Kiku and Yao gasp.

"In a moment, you will know," the ninja replied, also in Japanese, with a smug smirk on his face.

"No," Arthur whispered, just as the ninja's neck spun around and broke of its own accord. Kiku gasped and clung to Yao as the ninja disappeared just like the other. "Damn it."

Arthur pulled his Sai out of the wall and stood, mumbling curses to himself. He walked up to the brothers and looked both of them in the eye.

"There'll be more coming," Arthur said, his entire aura screaming to not be messed with. "What's coming next will be worse."

Welp, i really think that's quite enough for today!

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