For IppikiKuroKami

Hunters and Assassins

I sat up on top of a hill, silently waiting and watching the field for today's target. I was to take out the RED Sniper since he was constantly picking off all of our people and we didn't know when our Sniper was finally going to get back. Supposedly, he has been missing for weeks, but I had only gotten here about three days ago. It was now my job to finish what he did, How come I, the ever awesome Ippiki, always have to do other people's dirty work… Eh, I'm just that good… I thought to myself. I heard the beginning siren wail and I spotted my target hiding in a small building just outside his base.

I began to creep over to the other side, actually finding it quite hard to avoid that Sniper's field of view since he was constantly sweeping the area to make sure he was going to be sitting all high and safe, too bad for him that I had other plans.

I snuck up right behind his little building and saw that the latch was already open, "Rookie mistake my friend." I whispered to myself, slowly creeping up the ladder without a sound and sneaking into the little box. I was ready to knock him down and slash his throat when I heard a loud BOOM and the RED Sniper fell right to the ground, bullet hole in his head as the end siren went off. I looked at the Sniper and saw just a single hole through his skull and I instantly knew who did it.

I walked into the base and said aloud, "I guess that lazy Sniper finally came home!" I stood in the lobby, waiting a few seconds for any type of response, but I didn't even get one. I walked down the hallways and saw no one, Odd… I though, venturing through the halls until I got to my room, in which the door was surprisingly open.

I looked in and saw a tall and tan man unpacking his stuff onto the spare bed that I used to use for a foot rest and junk holder. "Hey, whaddaya think you're doing buddy!" I said, seeing all of my stuff lying on the floor.

"Ey, it used to be my room until you got 'ere, so don't whine ta me. I'm taking back my room; you'll have ta learn to deal with it." Said the man, giving me a not so nice look with sharp and evil but nice at the same time eyes over orange tinted glasses.

"So, I guess that means you're that Sniper that just decided to take three weeks off… huh, what a great team player you are! I've been doing your job for the last three days, but I don't get a gun! I have to do it by hand!" I said, seeing his expression get angrier and angrier until he stormed out of the room. I laughed a bit and put my junk back on the bed.

It was hours before I saw the Sniper again at dinner, looking just as angry and pissed off as he did before. Even thought I heard the others talking about how relieved they were that he was back, no one spoke to him in the halls and no one talked to him at dinner. I started to think it was out of fear, but as dinner went on, the Snipers look went from super pissed to just plain sad.

He left before anyone else did and no one saw him for the rest of the night. I felt bad for him for being so sad, so I removed my stuff from his bed for when he came back in. The only thing was, he didn't come back in yet. I walked around the base but didn't find him, and I was about to give up when I looked out one of the windows and saw him sitting on the roof.

I made my way up and sat down next to him, "Hey," I said, "I'm sorry if I hurt your feeling when I yelled at you… I didn't mean to call you lazy; I'm just tired of going from base to base and doing everyone else's job." I knew he heard me because he started to mumble something, but he put his head back down and got so quiet that I couldn't hear it.

He then picked his head up and said, "It ain't your fault mate, it's just that me mum, she's been very sick and she wanted me back home for her surgery is all." His voice kinda trailed off and I felt like a huge jerk. I saw that he began to cry and I wrapped him up into a hug.

"I'm sorry Sniper, I didn't know… I just feel like the biggest jerk in the world and I-"and I was cut off when he suddenly pressed his lips to mine and just muttered, "Just stop talking and make me feel better." We sat on the roof for a while and we cuddled and kissed for a while I let him vent and discuss his feelings and what he thought he should have done or what he will do.

"I think I'm gonna visit me mum again soon, and I think she'll like to see her son with a girl that isn't imaginary this time." I laughed at him while he explained that he would tell his mother that he had a girlfriend so she didn't think he was just some lonely old guy in the Outback and so she wouldn't worry about him. He smiled as we walked back to my, no, our room now and he smiled when he saw that I already unpacked and organized all of his stuff for him.

"I guess I can learn to share with you." I said with a smile, and he leaned down to kiss my forehead, "Yeh," he said, "I think I'll get used to putting up with you too."