Underlying Personalities.

A Get Backers Fan Fiction

By: Cauryn Terenkey.

Disclaimer: I do not own any Get Backers characters.


Hakkai glowered at Akabane, arms crossed, his red eyes sharp and now sporting silted pupils. Akabane ignored the burning gaze on his back as he made his final preparations.

"Why are you doing this?" Hakkai asked. It was the first thing that had been said for hours.

"I'm 19 now. I'm ready to leave. This place is boring , I want a little excitement." Akabane answered. Hakkai snarled, his eyes narrowing.

"Life will never be like the battle field! Unless you enter the army, you will never experience that type of adrenaline rush again!"

"I beg to differ." Akabane smirked. "Do you honestly believe I am the first to have left Babylon City or any of the levels below? Many people have left, and where do you think they left to? They are out there, their skills have been developed in an environment not made to enhance them, I want to see how powerful someone on the outside can be."

"You're nuts!" Hakkai shouted, his arms uncrossing. Akabane smiled at this, chuckling lowly.

"I snapped the moment that mans blood touched my face, dear brother. I know better than anyone just how crazy I am." He said, slinging his bag over his shoulder, and walked out of the room, waving as he went. He wasn't approached after that, and he left the fortress without much difficulty. The lower floors had already begun to whisper about him, and those that had heard of him, stayed clear when they saw him coming.

Once Akabane cleared the fortress, his new phone began to ring almost immediately. He checked the I.D. and smirked.

"Yes?" He asked, holding the phone to his ear.

"Where the hell are you, Dr. Jackal!?" A mans angry voice rang over the phone. Akabane didn't flinch even though the tiny device was just beside his ear. "I expected you here ten minutes ago!"

"Calm down, my good sir. I am nearly there. I had some…unfinished business in the Limitless Fortress."

"I don't give a shit! Now get over here!"

"I have you in my sights. Do not fret, my good sir." Akabane hung up with that, and approached the ally where a large black trailer-less truck was waiting. Akabane tipped his hat at the large driver, smiling as he did so.

"Good." the client sneered. "Kurodou Akabane, this is Takashi Magaruma. As you have been dubbed 'Dr. Jackal,' he has been dubbed 'the-man-with-no-brakes.' I trust you will live up to your reputation as well as Mr. Magaruma here."

"Rest assured, I will surpass your highest expectations." Akabane smirked with a bow. This simple trip was going to turn into a bloodbath if he and his new partner were apprehended one to many times. He climbed into the cab of the truck, and decided to sit in the back beside the door leading to the tiny space. He could already tell he would be working with Magaruma for a long time.

;*;

"Akabane Hakkai."

Hakkai looked over his shoulder at the woman standing there. She was in a white lab coat, with her long black hair in a braid, her large glasses nearly hiding her eyes. Hakkai vaguely recognized her from the Makubex case.

"Yes?"

"You have a new assignment."

"So spit it out, already."

"You are to monitor your brother, Kurodou Akabane." She stated. Bowing, she then left a seething Hakkai to vent his anger out on the room he was currently in.

*END FLASHBACK*

Akabane looked out the window of his flat, smiling at the city. Natsumi had fallen asleep some time ago while they had been watching a movie, he had left her on the couch for now, covered by his coat. With one last lingering look on the fortress, Akabane closed the curtains, dimmed the lights, picked Natsumi up bridal style, and proceeded to carry the sleeping woman down the hall. Part of him was still trying to adjust to being with her, but he couldn't see it any other way. He had thought of calling off their relationship before, tried to come up with a million different excuses, but none had worked and he had recoiled from the thought of separation.

He, Kurodou 'Dr. Jackal' Akabane had recoiled from the mere thought of something. Smiling, Akabane lay down next to Natsumi, and kissed her cheek.

"What have you done to me?" he asked softly for the hundredth time.


Okay, if anyone id wondering why Hakkai's last name changed, there was a very nice reader who corrected me ^^ i must get thier name soon and post it here. Kudos to you! and a hug ^^

And i am very sorry for the long wait. i got caught up in school and some other things, and, litterally, compleatly forgot about this site DX very very sorry ^^;

Hopefully i can update again by the end of the week!