A/N: I don't own Beelzebub(or Mortal Kombat in this chapter).
And also, Kitsune's name means Fox, and her family name being Black Shadow. You'll need it in this chapter and the rest of the story.
Chapter 5: Video Games and Hunting.
"Is it good, Berubo?"
"Da!" The little baby raised a fist and nodded. Kitsune smiled slightly and turned back to the screen, her fingers tapping the controller furiously. Oga sat beside her, his own fingers flying across his controller. The characters on the screen performed a series of crazed movements, blood spurting out onto the screen occasionally, and the sound of bones cracking could be heard.
'Mortal Kombat X', the new game that had just been released and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. A gruesome and bloody game, where players fought against each other with weird characters; cannibal assassins, strangely-dressed ninjas and even some guy with two mechanical arms. At the end of each game, the winner's character got to perform a 'Fatality' on each other, which consisted of characters splitting the losers' characters on half, exposing their insides, and even going as far as to spill their guts and snap their heads.
Currently, the two teens were abandoning their job to take care of Berubo and had their eyes glued to the screen, fingers almost numb from tapping the buttons too much. Both their characters were tied with one win each(It was a best of three game) and each of them had only one hit left to defeat. Unfortunately, Oga failed to realize that Kitsune's Special Move bar was full, and before he knew it, her character, a man with a black and red hood and green glowing eyes, unleashed a series of throws and punches, the skeletal figure of Oga's character, the strangely dressed ninja with a blindfold across his eyes, could be seen being broken. Finally, his health bar hit zero, and the words 'Finish Him' flashed across the screen in blood red color. Again, Kitsune pressed a combination of buttons on her controller and on the screen, her character's hands were surrounded by green, glowing aura and performed a gesture, which cracked Oga's character's neck and guts spilled out of his mouth and blood spurted everywhere. This continued for a while until he performed another gesture, smashing the character's detached body and left his head floating among the spilled guts.
"Fatality. Ermac Wins," the Game Announcer's voice was barely audible over Oga's frustrated cry.
"Arrrghh! Again? It's the sixth time in a row already!" He tossed the controller away and flopped face-first onto the floor, physically and mentally exhausted.
Kitsune chuckled lightly and replied,"I'm just too good. I've played video games ever since I was five. If you don't believe me, my house has a stash of almost every video game from the year I was born to the most recent one, including this Mortal Kombat X game."
"Damn, should've known."
Berubo was obviously amused by how concentrated these two could be while playing video, judging by his ecstatic movements and exaggerated waving. Suddenly, Oga felt something in his pocket vibrate continuously, perking him up and fumbling for his mobile phone. After a while, he pulled out his grey-white cellphone and flipped it open, checked the contact name, and placed it to his ears,"Ah, hello? Whaddya want, Furuichi?"
Kitsune shifted over to sit next to him, perking her ears to listen to the conversation.
"Hello, Oga-kun," the voice on the other line didn't sound like Furuichi at all.
Oga's voice turned dangerous and low immediately. He must have realized that the caller was someone else too. "Who are you? You don't sound like Furuichi."
The voice on the line chuckled. "I have your wife and friend here. But I want you to come alone. With your little pet fox."
Kitsune snatched the phone from Oga's hands. "I'M GONNA RIP YOUR FREAKIN' GUTS OUT WITH MY BARE HANDS YOU PATHETIC PIECE OF TRASH!" She yelled angrily, Oga quickly backing away from her.
"Hehe. Try anything and your two friends are dead. See you later," The line went dead almost immediately after that. Oga grabbed his phone back quickly and slammed it shut before hauling Berubo onto his shoulders. Kitsune got up wordlessly, seething with rage as she followed Oga out of his room and the house.
'I am totally gonna kill that asshole' That was the only thought on her mind right now.
"Hehe. Try anything and your two friends are dead. See you later."
That was what Himekawa had said before he cut the line quickly five minutes ago. Bored, he turned to look at his two hostages, who were still struggling futilely with the ropes that restrained them. The hooded thugs sat by the windows, smirks on their faces as they sat back in their seats, surveying Furuichi and Hilda. The two hostages had obviously been beaten up, since multiple bruises and cuts could be shown. Even their clothes were torn and tattered.
"Those two are takin' their time, huh," Commented one thug, taking a long drag at his cigarette. The others nodded and mummers traveled through the group softly.
A small bark of decisive laughter could be heard from Furuichi. "Oga and Kitsune ain't coming. They wouldn't do that, since Oga swore not to fight anymore after he beat up Kanzaki-"
Himekawa stomped onto Furuichi's already-beaten up face, earning a shout from Hilda, who glared angrily at the third-year. "I suggest you pray hard to the Gods that he does come. Because if they don't, you're not leaving this place unharmed."
He walked off towards the windows and felt the cool breeze prickle on his skin, smirking to himself.
'That's right... If they don't come, I'll make sure at least twenty of their weak bones are crushed... Then the little fox and Rampaging Oga will get it from me...' Himekawa's mind was already filled with different thoughts of how to torture his hostages, so preoccupied that he didn't notice a small, black shadow in front of him, grinning insanely.
"Found you."
It took five seconds for Himekawa to realize that the shadow was the little fox he was hunting for.