Chapter 1: The Mercenary
'Huh so this is what death is like... no heaven... no hell... emptiness... either that or I'm in some sort of limbo... I don't care regardless... that shadow or whatever the fuck it was... died...'
The was a calmness in the water. The anger for the mysterious being almost retreated inside himself as he fell unconscious. The water stood still and he let out a big sigh as he accepted his fate…
"Hey, there handsome!"
"AHHHHHHH!"
Hito woke up in the bed only to come across a somehow familiar face of a woman extremely close to his face while straddling him on the bed. She was pale-ish with short blond hair and a face that screamed 'I drank fifteen cups of coffee this morning and you are going to pay for it' or chaotic good alignment from dnd.
The girl then smiled saying, "Wow! You took a beating last night! How are you alive?"
"Who… are yo-?"
"Nevermind that just know that I have an offer for you. I work here at whats known as simply… well… you can call it The Ministry!"
Hito is absolutely baffled at how the girl is talking so much in such little time, and why she is telling him all this stuff
The girl who had been talking the entire time finished up, "… That's why you need to work under me in this company"
Any normal person who is in a normal financial situation would obviously ask her to elaborate, but Hito, whose family got murdered last night and is homeless and poor now simply asked one question:
"Any benefits?"
"You get an apartment and basic necessities, other than that you gotta earn the rest."
"Where do I sign?"
Different POV an hour later
"Come on Miss Kirikae, why did you take on this new subordinate!"
Kao Kirikae responded, "He was just too intriguing and handsome. Why else?"
"BECAUSE YOU WERE ORDERED NOT TO!"
Hito POV minutes after…
Lying on his bed, bandages wrapped around pretty much most of his body Hito lays. The room wasnt anything significant, pretty much the equipment of a doctor's office and the layout of the nurse's office. On the only bed in the room was Hito. He was just staring, having flashbacks to his rage, having flashbacks to his bloodlust…
"Alright kid, you work under me now since Miss Kirikae, the one who hired you is the head of this department and way too busy to condition you for your assignments. Now get up."
'Who is this guy?'
Hito spoke, "...I can't"
"Yes you can, belief is the key. Also if you don't you are fired."
With a single smile, the man place a one-hour timer on the nightstand and left.
'Jesus, he's not gonna help me? What kind of job is this where a guy who had the shit kicked out of himself needs to get up on his own?'
Placing his hands on the bed he tried to push himself off of the bed, tried rolling himself off, and even tried jumping back on his feet while in bed.
"*Sigh* I can't move…"
'Maybe I just need to force myself a tiny bit harder…'
He tried all three methods a second time, all with better-than-last time results, but the end result being that he still was too weak to get out of bed.