Gareki stood in a three way mirror. Examining his suit. A black button up shirt under a dark grey vest. a black tie With a knee length suit jacket the sleeves stopping at his ell-bow. black skinny jeans with black ankle boots. Eva helped him straighten up since he had never worn a suit before. she was even doing his hair.
Is this really necessary? gareki asked. as eva cut and combed his hair. Yes it is you all have to blind in as much as possible.
Gareki sighed he wasn't use to this much attention. tsukumo was currently helping Taka and senji in there suits. Taka was wearing a white button up shirt with black tie and black jacket with dark grey jeans and converse.
Senji was in a slim-fit black and grey jacket with black bottoms and boots. Tsukumo had finished the last touches to his and taka's hair. There she said you two look good. Thanks they both said looking in the mirror.
Ok gareki your finished. You look so good that I almost don't recognized you. Eva said.
Gareki muttered a thanks. This mission was important you had to be smart and watch yours and your comrades backs in this. Gareki was starting to feel anxious. They all walked out of the changing rooms to see Aiko and etsuko waiting for them in thigh length dresses.
Aiko's dress was blue with Baby blue jewels at the top and bottom. she also wore a light blue belt around her stomach. her shoes were dark blue to with ribbons snaking up her legs with a heel at the bottom. her hair was in a curly pony tail. hanging from her ears were blue triangles. her makeup was a light pink blush mascara and pink lipstick.
she looked unrecognizable you wouldn't even know it was her except for the glare she was throwing at gareki that was the only clue that she was aiko. Gareki glared right back at her.
His red eyes moved to etsuko's dress. His heart had caught in his throat when he saw her. she looked beautiful. Her dress was blood red at the top with black swirl designs and the bottom was black and poufy her shoes were black with a heel and just like aiko's. black and red ribbons snaked up her legs. on her neck was a black choker with ruffles on the ends. Her dark brown hair was in a spikey pony tail on each side of her face her bangs were there.
Her makeup was of red lipstick with eyeliner. her ears had black jewels hanging from them. she looked at gareki and smiled. He blushed a little and looked away trying to hide it. What was he doing. It was shocking enough that he had a crush on her and now he was nervous around her. Great he thought sarcastically.
Now it's going to be even harder to leave this ship when the real mission is over. They all walked together following eva and tsukumo. Gareki and the others didn't know where they were taking them.
You look handsome. Etsuko said to gareki.
Thanks you look nice to. He said. she smiled and turned her attention to the room they were entering. Hirato and yogi were standing by a huge hole. down there was the mansion that they would ambush 30 varugas. and free the human guests that were trapped inside.
But what gareki and the others didn't get was. Why were they still in the air weren't they suppose to land the ship behind some of the trees in the forest?
Hello every one. I suspect that yogi has told you your mission yesterday night? Yes they all answered. Good then I won't have to repeat it. I bet your all wondering why we are still high up in the sky when we should have landed but the truth is we cannot land this ship it is way to big for that. if we did then the sound of broken trees would give away our position resulting in the mission being a failure. So now it is time for plan B.
You all will Fall down instead.
What. they all said in shock. Yes you all will fall down 30 stories and land on the roof of the mansion understood. But try not to worry to much you will all have belts strapped around your stomachs and that will be where the ropes will guide you down safely. Hirato explained. now get ready your about to jump out in 2 minutes.
they all rushed to get there belts on. And tsukumo, eva, and yogi attached the ropes to there backs.
Oh and one more thing when your all done with the mission head back up to the roof where the belts will still be waiting for you to lift you back up to the ship got it.
yes sir! they all said. and then they jumped.
cold that's what they all felt as they Fell. cold air whipping at there hair and clothes. they where all a couple of inches away from each other. the moon was bright and big that it looked like they could reach over and touch it
WOOHOO! yelled taka. This is amazing! we got to do this more often! he had to yell because of the wind whipping in every ones ears.
Hey quiet this is actually pretty scary! Yelled aiko. Oh please you've just got to learn to let go! Taka yelled. Let go of what?! The last time I checked we weren't holding anything! She screamed.
I hope this doesn't mess up my dres! Yelled etsuko.
It's probably going to mess up all of our clothes. Jeez all that dressing up and hair combing for nothing! Senji yelled. His dark blue hair going every where.
That's not the point right now we have to think of a plan before we go inside the mansion! Yelled gareki getting every ones attention.
they all turned serious quickly. yeah your right yelled etsuko! where are all the varuga going to be held at?! Yelled taka. I think they should mostly be in the dance hall where it's big enough for all the guest! Said senji.
That sounds about right! Aiko said. but how are we going to find it she said looking down at the mansion as she fell. It's huge!
Were going to have to follow our senses just like we did in dodge training! etsuko said remembering her concentration on sounds and movement of the vibrations. we can concentrate on where the varugas voices are and follow the vibrations of the music there playing! she said. That's a good idea. said gareki.
they were starting to get closer to the mansion know. A thought hit gareki. Hey did hirato give any one of you a weapon to fight the varugas with!
No! they all said. Great he thought he remember that a varug's human form could be interrupted by slitting there throats with a knife or a machete. where the hell would they get one of those in a mansion. He explained to the others.
I heard that mansion owners have a weapon collection of swords and knifes. Possibly they'll have machete's to! said senji.
Gareki sighed but the noise was carried off by the wind. Know they had to find a room full of weapons just great. well they weren't suppose to be back on the ship with a time limit. so gareki didn't mind much when they would come back to the ship later.
they were almost to the mansion now. first things first! gareki said. find the room with weapons that we need! second find the dancing hall where the varugas will be! Third figure out which one is human and which one is not! Fourth we fight! got it.
Yeah! they all said.
They were now finally on top of the mansion. they all landed on the roof with a small thud.
The landing actually went better then I thought. Etsuko said. Referring to her and aiko high heel shoes.
they all removed there belts and let the ropes hang there for when they made there escape. Gareki looked around for an entrance on top of the roof. a few feet away was an attic door. come on I fond a door. he said. grabbing etsuko's hand when he saw she was having trouble walking on the roof in her heels. thanks she said. He gave a nod of your welcome.
Senji helped aiko.
Taka opened the attic door looking down it was dark. but there nocturnal vision helped with that. taka headed down first saying that it had a ladder. Then they all climbed down one after the other. The room was filled with cobwebs, dust, and old boxes. For sure no one had been up here in a while. In the right corner there was a door. gareki turned the nob. Fortunately it wasn't locked. they all went threw.
My guess is that were on the top floor. Aiko whispered. they weren't sure yet if anyone would be upstairs but they had to stay quiet just in case. Since were looking for the weapon room it should be on the middle floor. senji whispered.
Alright. were going to have to find a star case by splitting up. gareki said. Etsuko since your the most talented with listening with sound I need you to tell us if some ones up here with us.
Alright she said closing her eyes and concentrating. after a moment she opened her eyes and said. No ones up here were clear of varuga. Alright then we split up now and look for a stair case. Gareki said. They all nodded and chose a hallway. from what gareki could tell about the mansion so far was that it was Victorian giving off a sort of gothic feel to it. the hall was dark as of most of the upstairs but he could see fine. coming to a door he opened it to reveal a bed room. Not a stair case he whispered to himself. closing the door. he moved on. he had checked all the rooms except for two.
He tried another door but it was locked. he moved on to the next. he turned the nob- But was interrupted by a noise behind him he lurched forward picking up a near by object. turned around quickly making his jacket flow behind him and threw it at the person.
Whoa! a familiar voice yelped. Calm down it's me. Gareki straightened. Oh it's you try not to sneak up on me like that again taka.
He laughed. Then turned serious I found a stair case and it leads to the middle floor. The rest of them are waiting for us. ok. gareki said they both headed threw another hallway that taka had found the stair case in. Etsuko and the others were waiting by the stairs. once they saw gareki and taka they all headed down quietly.
the middle floor was deserted just like the first but you could here faint voices from the varugas in the dance hall. I know mansions really well to know wear they hide the weapons room. Said senji. How do you know. Asked aiko. I studied about them with my father. he replied walking forward leading them into a long hallway.
This place is really beautiful. etsuko said I wonder why varugas own it. you make it sound like varugs are aiko.
Well they are... at least some of them. etsuko replied. The varugas must have bought this place secretly from another varuga. I doubt a human would allow killers to live like them. Said Senji seriously a little to serious.
you alright senji. Etsuko asked. Never better why? he said. no reason. they came to a door that looked like it was apart of the wall to keep guest away. but they spotted it just fine. senji opened the door and they all went inside. the walls of the room were covered in knives, swords,pitch forks, shields. and spears. well we've got the knives covered but we need the machete's to. Taka said walking forward grabbing one of the knives and examining it.
Gareki sighed the knives were small unlike the machete which meant they would have to get close to the varuga to slice there throats. they all stepped forward grabbing knives and putting them in there clothes to hide them from view. Alright plan one was to find the weapons room they got that down so now the next step would be find the dance hall which would be on the third floor. Lets go. Gareki the last knife in his vest. they began to leave when etsuko tripped over a brick on the floor gareki caught her. ... thanks she said after standing up.
Gareki looked at the missed placed brick she tripped over. letting go of her he picked it up revealing Tons of machetes. whoa. he thought. taka, senji, aiko, and etsuko looked at what he found.
Yes luck is on our side. Taka said. It's good you tripped over this etsuko. yeah I guess. she said. they all grabbed a machete sticking it in there clothes just like the knives. then they left to find the dance hall. making sure to put everything back in place.
they followed the sound of the music that was playing on the third floor. they walked in. For sure there wasn't a varuga in sight but that was only becuase they could change themselves into humans. Gareki saw in a far corner that the real humans were all tied up. probably the varugas were waiting to drink there blood for a later occasion.
The dance hall was huge. chandeliers hung from the tables that were in a circle around the dance floor. the floor was made of marble that had triangular patterns on up you could see a large dome shaped roof with gothic pictures painted on it. around the dome were windows also. there was a stair case leading to higher ground where you could look out at the crowd.
Do we start fighting now. Whispered Taka. No we have to lay low until something happens. they all headed to a table. So If they do, do something then whats the plan for that.
I thought you already knew. Gareki said in a bored tone. We fight that was the fourth piece of the plan. sitting down and resting his chin on the back of his hand his red eyes scanned over the crowd of varuga. the varuga were so distracted that they didn't see gareki or the others at the table as they passed by. looks like there outfits were blinding them in.
Moments passed as they waited for the varugas to make a move on the humans. And finally they did. gareki and the others jumped on the table they were sitting at and pulled out there machetes. This time the varugas noticed them they all turned around in shock then anger crossed there faces.
Get ready your all about to be slaughtered in the spot your standing in. Gareki said pointing his machete at them. The humans in the corner were shocked and scared not sure if gareki and the others were good or not. the varugas ran towards gareki and the others. they all jumped off the table and landed behind the them.
etsuko and aiko ran foward cutting threw two of them in the back killing them instantly they both ducked as another one tried to hit them in there heads. Gareki ran forward cutting off the varuga"s arm making it scream loudly in his ear as he ran past turning back around. shut the hell up! he said as he sliced threw the varuga's neck. Blood spilled on the floor as the varuga fell Dead.
Taka and senji were back to back cutting and slicing with there knives at varuga. Taka looked in the corner of his eye and say one heading for senji who was busy with another. shoving him on the floor making him slide under varugas. Taka cut it's head off jumped into the air bring his knife down on the other stabbing it threw the head.
Senji continued to slide under the varugas he saw that there feet were open pulling out his machetes he cut threw there legs making them fall over screaming from the pain. getting up quickly he ended there lives with one swipe to the neck with his machete. Looking up he saw two varuga coming fast behind gareki with there hands pulled back making them like knives. They were planning to cut threw him with there hands. GAREKI BEHIND YOU! senji yelled.
Gareki's head whipped back so fast he thought it was going to break. He saw the two varugas coming at him jumping upwards he managed to kill one of them with a knife to the head. but the other one moved to the side missing the knife gareki aimed at him grabbing gareki by his knee length jacket and slammed him to the floor
Gareki saw stars. as the varuga spoke to him. How the hell did you get here?! who do you work for!
Gareki being Smart ass said. ... It's not your GODDAMN BUISNESS! the varuga grabbed gareki by the neck getting ready to strangle him but he was interrupted by a voice.
DON"T YOU DARE HURT HIM! etsuko screamed. As she jumped in the air with her machete plunging it into the varuga's stomach. He let go of gareki and sagged down to his knees and fell onto the floor dead. etsuko pulled her machete out of his back. walking towards gareki and hugged him thought you were going to die for a second there she said pulling back.
Gareki didn't know what to say about the physical contact but ignored it saying thanks. She smiled what are friends for? both of them turned back to the battle. taka and senji were handeling them selves well but aiko was running from five varugas. Great gareki thought he didn't want to help her she was selfish and pathetic. and telling by etsuko face she thought the same thing.
but she was apart of there team so they had to help. Gareki sighed lets go. He said to etsuko. she looked shocked but it turned serous quickly ok. She said. they ran to aiko jumping over dead varuga bodies in the process. holding there machete's at the ready they both jumped holding each others hands spinning in the air quickly making a circle. landing on the varugas cutting every inch of them with there blades. Blood and guts splattered every wear. they both stopped spinning and let go of each others hands.
all three of them were covered in blood. Oh great so much for not ruining this dress said Etsuko. Aiko just looked at them. Gareki cleared his throat expecting a thank you. Aiko just glared at him. Gareki mentally cursed her in his head. Honestly he didn't even know why he helped her anymore. TAKA! SENJI NO!etsuko screamed.
Gareki and Aiko whipped there heads around just in time to see them both get penetrated in the stomach. SHIT Gareki said running forward following etsuko. Aiko followed close behind. they all had there knives and machetes ready.
there were six more varuga left standing.
the three of them jumped in the air yelling HAAAAAAAAAA! as they cut threw flesh and bone of the last of the varugas. they all ran toward senji and taka checking there pulse and how much blood they lost they weren't dead Yet. gareki remembered the humans who were tied up in the corner and told Aiko to untie them.
But- she said. JUST DO IT DAMMIT! gareki yelled.
she ran towards the humans untieing them and told them to run away far from the mansion and they did so quickly. okay there gone she said walking back to etsuko and gareki.
Were going to need an elevator we can't carry them on that many stairs. etsuko said I remember seeing one close by them though.
Then thats where wear going. Gareki said picking up taka. Aiko and Etsuko picking up senji they all headed to the elevator pushing the numbers for the top floor. Gareki thought of somthing as they reached the second floor how was hirato and yogi going to know if they were wanting to go up to the ship when they got up there. setting down taka.
He pushed open the elevator on the second floor He heard aiko ask what the hell he was doing but ignored her. he was going back to the weapon room. he had seen a flare gun in there. he needed it to warn yogi that they had a bad situation. opening the weapons room door he saw the gun in a corner grabbed it and bolted back out heading back to the elevator. where etsuko and aiko wear holding it open barely. He squeezed threw the crack. they both closed the door with a sigh.
what did you go get etsuko asked. something we need. he replied. they were soon in the attic dragging taka and senji's still alive but just barely bodies with them. they strapped them both into there belts and ropes and they did there own also. Gareki held the flare gun up high. Yelling COVER YOUR EARS. they both did so then he shot it.
BOOM it popped out of the gun. flashing into the sky leaving a red streak color behind it. Minutes passed. The hell, did they not see it? he thought- His thought was interrupted by a tug on his were lifted up.
Don't worry taka, senji were almost there Etsuko said. Gareki hoped they didn't have serious injuries. once they were up to the ship. gareki yelled we have two injuries they need help fast!. he and etsuko helped them out of there belts quickily they were then sent to the medic room all of them.
Even though gareki, Etsuko, and aiko weren't hurt they weren't going to let there comrades die with out knowing they were gone for sure.
Gareki swore he wouldn't let another person close to him die ever again.
Okay this chapter was long to right. Hoped you enjoyed reading this chapter 7 will be out soon and sorry for the wait.