This was going to be a long night for the boys.
For starters, this had been their first screw up in an attempt to arrest an alleged boar. Boomer came up a nickname for the assassins sent by the notorious Mafia group. Brick wasn't happy. He prided himself over the years where his strategies played out well. But now, it wasn't going where he wants it to be.
This isn't your playground anymore. Brick remembered what it said before dashing off at a high speed.
"Get your shit together!" Brick seethed at the panting green-eyed which in turn gave a glare.
"My shit?" Butch scoffed. "You were getting distracted."
"How should I know he could do that?" Brick clenched his fist. Problem would arise if their enemies had that sort of power too.
"Damn. He was really fast." Boomer said making it sound like a compliment.
"Which side are you on?" Butch sighed in exhaustion.
"There's no way they have a copy of that, right?" He looked at Brick then back at Butch.
"Let's hope not." Brick sighed and gestured to his brothers, calling it a night.
As they were out in the building, Brick sent a signal to the police officers waiting outside with some detectives. They obliged and went on securing the place.
Kaoru's mother, Mitsuko, had this look Kaoru never thought her Mother could give. It was something between sad but somehow angry. She didn't press on it. "Uhh, it came with this?" She showed the necklace and it earned a gasp from her mother.
"It's…" Mitsuko sighed. "This is a family heirloom." She then smiled. "Mom used to wear this."
"Do you…uh miss him?" Kaoru scratched her head. Man, she didn't really know how to take in these kinds of things.
Mitsuko was silent. She just went on smiling and gestured Kaoru. "Come here." She placed the necklace around Kaoru's neck. Her mother never mentioned her side of family. She heard her father once said that it was complicated and her mother's dad never really approved of him.
"Keep it safe, Kaoru." She patted her head and went downstairs. "Oh and dinner's ready!"
Shit. Now, she was curious.
The next day passed and Butch couldn't contain his laughter as Brick burnt a croissant.
"Why the hell would you heat it up!?" Boomer was mad. It was his. He touched the burnt piece of bread. "Fuck. I was looking forward to this."
"I thought it was the carbonara, okay!?" Brick spat out, shakily opening the fridge to find the said dish. "Where the fuck is it."
"Oh, god." Butch was still at it. "How could you miss it?"
"Great. I woke up early to see a bunch of ungrateful twats."
"All you had to do was heat up a leftover." Boomer couldn't contain his disappointment. "I swear I need to get my own fridge."
"Yo bitches, stop your arguing. Daddy's hungry."
Brick glared while Boomer threw the dead croissant. "Headshot!"
Butch hated being normal. He hated school. Hell, he hated everything… except the part where he's in the center of attention.
It was lunch time and he just had to display the god that he is. He swears he could make any girl lose it with only his eyes. And then, Brick just had to be by his side.
"Mind the view."
"All I see is a piece of shit." Brick put down his lunch tray, and eyed the forming group of girls- scratch that- people. He gave a sly smile which caused uproar.
"Ugh, I'm surrounded by narcissistic pricks." Boomer took a bite of his sandwich.
"Says the one who changes clothes like a girl."
He gave an irritated look but dismissed it as he saw a certain pink-eyed girl. "Oh hey, it's your girlfriend."
Brick questioned with his looks and Boomer gestured at his back.
"Oh- I'm really sorry!" Momoko had apparently shoved her lunch on some guy.
"It's okay." A chestnut-haired boy with bronze eyes looked apologetic. "I wasn't looking anyway."
"Oh hey! It's Natsuki." Another guy with spikey purple hair went near her. She'd look like a guy but her over-pronounced bumps say otherwise.
"Here, I have wet tissues." A blonde girl offered.
"Oh, that one's cute." Butch mentioned.
Boomer had to agree and nudged Butch. "Yokaze's feeling out of it."
Brick lingered for unnecessary amount of time until he locked eye contact with the green-eyed girl.
"That reminds me." She grinned. "We have lots of things to talk about Momoko. See ya, Natsuki."
He smiled. "Later, Kaoru."
"Ooh. Someone's jealous." Butch cooed which earned him a splash of meatballs on his face.
"Are you fucking serious." The hell's up with people throwing food at him today.
"It wasn't a date." Momoko chomped on her Yakisoba bread. "He was that commissioner."
"What do you do anyway?" Kaoru took a bite out of her bento.
"Cards!" She suddenly blurt out. "I mean- y'know, kind of like Hallmark cards?"
"Why doesn't he just buy one?"
"It's personalized-"
"Aw, that's sweet." Miyako pointed out.
"-with those popping out stuff. It's complicated."
"He didn't strike me as that cheesy kind of guy." Kaoru shrugged and Momoko felt relieved they bought the story.
"Can we take a look?"
"Absolutely not!" Momoko jumped out of her seat. "I- I mean it's private matters."
"You need to chill out." Kaoru had a look of concern. "You sure this isn't stressing you?"
Momoko sighed and composed herself. "No, it's just- there's a lot on my mind right now."
"Yeah, you even tripped at nothing earlier." Kaoru snickered.
"It wasn't nothing!" Momoko tried to scowl but ended up pouting. "I swear I felt someone else's foot."
Miyako's phone started to ring and she excused herself. "Yes, Gotokuji speaking?"
"Miyako-chan." A soft voice of a woman echoed. "I'll be sending a ride later this afternoon to pick you up. At what time does your school usually end?"
"At three o'clock, mother."
"I hope it's not bad there. I could always transfer you-"
"It's okay mom. I like it here. And you don't need to worry." They exchanged goodbyes.
Miyako got mixed feelings about this. Sure, she'd see her parents more often now but then, she'd be obliged to act as the successor of the family.
A sudden wave of sirens near the area followed by a loud crash echoed through the school yard. It sent students running, some were screaming, for their own safety.
"Holy shit."
The three girls stared with wide eyes. "What the fuck are you still doing here?"
Simultaneously, the girls looked up to see a floating person. He had a traditional black superhero mask that didn't hide his piercing red eyes. His top was covered with a black suit with a red tie but had a strapped cargo pants along with combat boots. The sleeves of the black suit were folded up till his elbow and he had black gloves that stopped at his wrists. Obviously, He was Brick from the Triad.
Momoko had to admire. Damn. She, with the help of others, designed them- their suits good.
"Momoko, let's go!" Kaoru shouted and grabbed her somewhat entranced friend.
When they got to a secure place, they heard cheering. "They're here!"
"They're real! Oh my god!"
"Are you seeing this?" Kaoru had managed to croak out. She looked over to her friends who were busy with something. Momoko looked serious as someone was speaking through her phone. Miyako's face was dead cold. She was talking- or it looked like she was instructing at someone over the phone.
"Am I missing out or something?" She vent out bitterly. There was a bunch of girls having a commotion. She peeked and saw Himeko getting pampered as she hyperventilated.
"They've come for me."
I wish. Kaoru rolled her eyes at this.
Bored, Kaoru made her way to a nearby window. The view wasn't much. Still, it made her see what was happening outside.
"Students, we have to evacuate this place immediately!" The Principal's voice rang through the gym, where they were currently at. "Teachers would you please help us evacuate the students."
Aw, we're missing out the details.
"Remember to tally down your students!"
"Brick, what are you doing?" A voice of a woman through his earpiece gave a stern warning. "You weren't supposed to be at daylight!"
"Cops are dying, Tess!" He hissed. "What do we got here?"
Butch had come through their conversation. "Apparently, some dipshit fucked up with the Mafia's money."
"Where's Boomer?"
"I'm helping out with the evacuation." They heard noises on Boomer's line. "Going there now."
"They're supposed to deal with their shit low-key." Brick was tending to the cops involved, moving them to a safer place.
"Our intelligence report says that he signed a huge deal with them but backed out." Tess reported to the three. "We have no idea yet where he got those weapons."
A huge rocket went in for Brick but he kicked it off, flying upwards where it blew up.
"What does the fucker look-" Brick spotted a man running towards a cliff with some sort of a device gripped by his hands. He dashed towards it but Butch had him first.
Butch punched the lights out of him. He gave Brick a smug smile. Brick just rolled his eyes. "We got the dipshit." He reported back to Tess.
"What did I miss?" Boomer shouted at their backs.
Kaoru just had to separate from the group. The fight wasn't as intense as she'd expected but damn, the way Brick had kicked the rocket away like a fly was superb. She wasn't intending to stay and watch until someone tapped her shoulder. "Students are evacuating." She was gestured to get a move on.
"Yeah, yeah." She complied though there was something off with the Teacher, assuming he was.
She stopped. Why weren't there any student with her? She wasn't the only one who was left behind. She trusted her gut instinct. She turned and kicked the man square in the abdomen. She tried to run for it but right in front of her another man stood with a gun raised to line with her forehead. "I'd comply if I were you."
With a scowl on her face, she surrendered. Was this karma?
"Are the students all in?" They've decided to evacuate to a nearby mall's parking lot.
"Mr. Principal. We've got missing students."
The boys, in their usual self, were already with the class when they each of the Teachers tallied their students.
Brick was looking out for Momoko and he heard a small gasp on his side.
"Momoko, have you seen Kaoru!?" It was the blondie earlier.
"I thought she was with you!" Worry crept into her face. "Oh god no. Maybe, she's just somewhere."
"Everyone, calm down." The Principal used a megaphone. "The buses will be here in a moment. Do calm down and wait for your turn of ride."
Himeko was the first one to go home since her ride was there. And soon enough, students were clearing up.
"She's not picking up." Momoko didn't want to think about it but her anxious mind was making it worse.
She then felt a hand on her head. "There weren't students involved at the reports."
"Except the kidnapping-" Butch had butted in. Brick gave him a 'not helping' look.
"I didn't know you were friends with them, Momoko-san." The blonde bowed as a greeting. "My name's Miyako Gotokuji."
"Ugh. They're not my friends just-"
"Childhood friends." Brick interrupted.
"-Acquaintances."
"I'm Saito-"
"The name's Ryuuno." Boomer pushed his brother slightly and held out a hand. They shook on it. "Pleasure to meet you."
"Is there a need for that?" Butch growled.
"What about the kidnapping?" Momoko asked Brick with concern.
"Uh. We just heard-" He scratched his head. "-from the teachers. Anyway, the police are probably up to it right now."
"You really think they can do something?" Miyako suddenly stated grimly.
"Those guys earlier though, maybe they can!" Boomer tried to lighten up the mood. "They looked cool, right?"
"The Triad?" Momoko deadpanned while Miyako gave a little giggle. "I guess you're right."
The teachers called their attention. It was their turn to leave. Momoko gave Brick a look which meant for them to talk later.
"We've kidnapped every purple-haired person in the school." The man who raised a gun before Kaoru looked at the seated man before him.
"Well then, it's time to send a message to Mujihina."
ch02 end.
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