Chapter 10 (Part 2): Scarlet

"Hey, go get my lunch tray," Tono ordered a junior bespectacled guy.

"I am not your slave, Tono. Your threats don't work anymore. I am fifteen you know." Subaru exclaimed.

"Tch. Whatever. Brat!" Tono said as he went to fetch the tray himself.

"He's just taking out all his frustration on you." Ken said as he brought his lunch to the table.

"Yeah. His frustration about his little girlfriend," Shinji added

"What girlfriend?" Tono said. He was back with a tray packed with food, after all he did miss breakfast.

"Oh! Don't act dumb. You know whom we are talking about," Sakurano joined in.

"Kusoniki?" Tono almost choked on his juice upon hearing this. He burst out laughing.

"Really? You think she's my girlfriend! Ohhoohohoh...hahaha..." He controlled his laughter.

"You guys are always on doing it. Why wouldn't everyone think she's your girlfriend. I even saw her sneak into boys dormitory last night. I followed her and she had the key- mind you- the key to his room. " Ken laid down all proof like a detective ready to prove Tono guilty of dating Kusoniki secretly.

"So? Big deal. Look Tomoka and I are just friends. Friends with benefits. She enjoys my company and I hers. There's nothing more to it. "

"Ah! So now we are on first name basis." Shinji teased.

"Shut up!" Tono angrily replied.

"I heard Persona sent her on a very tough mission." Subaru declared.

"She'll do it. She always does. It's no big deal for her. I know it," Tono had completed one sandwich at this point. 'Come back safely Tomoka' He mentally prayed.

The last of the security guards outside dropped on floor as he received a blow from Kusoniki. She jumped up and climbed the wall and carefully tiptoed to find a cover. Once she found it she morphed into one of the guards she hauled outside and walked confidently inside the warehouse.

"I am here to deliver a message for Zagi," she announced when another guard stoped her from entering the warehouse.

"This way," He turned back to led the way. She hit his neck , knocking him down. Unfortunately another guard saw this, "HEY! YOU!" He shouted.

"Shit!" She cursed under her breathed. She changed back to her form and started fighting the incoming attacks. She drew out her gun and down went the guards one by one. She single handedly took down at least 6 of the guards. She was about to shoot another one, when her body was suddenly paralysed. And a sting of unbearable pain ran through her entire body. Everything hurt: Her head, her ears, her eyes, her hands, her stomach, her legs...It was like a thousand daggers were driven through her body at the same time.

"AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!" She yelled as the gun slipped from her hands.

A tall man, clad in black, with silver hair and eyes as deep and dark as the depth of a forest. "Does that hurt now? I wasn't even getting started." He walked closer, looked around, "My, my, what a mess you've created here," she dropped flat on the floor, he had stopped using his alice for a while now. She gasped for air, she clenched her chest.

"A little girl taking down almost half my crew single handedly. Admirable indeed." He bent down, grabbed her hair and raised her. She glared at him. "You sure are one fierce girl now." She frowned. She clenched her fist ready to hit him, but he caught it.

"Boss!" His other minions were ready to aid him, he signalled them to stop.

"I'll handle her," he took her chin and examined her closely, "You're one interesting girl now. I could use someone like you. Join us," he offered her a hand. She wasn't sent here to join the AAO, she was supposed to retrieve information on 'that woman' and her partner. That was her mission.

"And why do you think I'll do that?" She gathered rest of her energy to stand up.

"Because, I know how cruelly the Academy treats you. You'll fight me, extract whatever you want from me and give it to Persona, right? But what will you get in return. No love. No support. No family. You'll be branded as a murderer." She was dumbstruck. It was as if he knew exactly what she was going through. "Ah! I'm right, aren't I?" Zagi said as he examined that look on her face.

"Join me. And take pleasure in destroying the one thing that has made your life miserable," he stretched out his hand in alliance. Maybe it was security, or it was safety or even sympathy, she didn't know why but she accepted the offer and joined AAO.

'Bang' 'Bang' 'Bang' Kusoniki hit the bullseye three times in a row.

"Impressive," Zagi clapped as he walked in. She blushed slightly. What was wrong, she never blushed? "It's just yesterday when you joined us and yet you are out here practicing today. I was right in recruiting you," she blushed harder. "How old are you?"

"14," Kusoniki replied.

"Unbelievable. You have a fine body of a 18 year old," he said as he ran his hands over her shoulders, "So your name again?"

"Tomoka Kusoniki." He played with her hair, twirling and twisting it as he pleased. Her heart was pounding the whole time. Seriously what was wrong with her? Why was she behaving like a typical girl?

"I'll call you 'Scarlet' after your hair. I like it," he smelled it as he said so. "Exquisite,"

"I'd love to be called that by you Osoujisama," she bowed down trying to hide her blush.

"Keep practicing," Zagi replied.

Persona was anxiously tapping the table with his long fingernails it has been a week since Kusoniki was sent on a mission to retrieve data on Yuka Azumi and Shiki. She never took more than three days on any mission, no matter how tough it was. This could only mean: either she was captured or she was dead. On the other hand ESP was getting anxious and wanted to capture Yuka as soon as he could. Persona looked at the photographs lying on the table, he scanned them, a raven haired boy with crimson eyes caught his attention, he drew out his photo.

'Natsume Hyuuga. Age: 9. Alice: Fire.' The card read. He found the replacement of Kusoniki. That boy would take her place and do the missions, just like his mother.

Two year later. Scarlet: 16. Boss: 24.

"That Kuro Neko is being a pain in ass," Zagi paced up and down in the HQ, "He has destroyed four of my hideouts in past 6 months and not to mention I barely escaped the last assault. He's hell bent on destroying us!" Zagi shouted. Kusoniki noticed the boss getting anxious.

"Allow me, Osoujisama. I'll take care of the boy when the time comes," Scarlet said.

"I trust you with that." He told her. "When the time comes, I want you to take him down. Permanently," she bowed in response showing that she would fulfil it whenever that was required.

"Rise." She stood up. Zagi was standing before her with a photograph of a little kid, not older than six. He had messed up dark raven hair and chocolate eyes hidden behind his old shabby glasses. She almost mistook him for Kuro Neko, but the boy was younger and had hazel eyes not crimson," that, Scarlet, is your next mission." He handed her the photograph, "Kenji Yukimura. He's on a run. He posses a very rare and important alice I am after, Memory Manipulation. I want you to get to him, before the Academy does. We cannot afford to lose a gem like him to Academy. Kidnap him, talk to him, or whatever it takes, and bring him here. Got it?" Zagi stated.

"Sir," she said and went off to prepare for the mission.

And she set off to accomplish her mission. She had to prove herself to her Osoujisama. It was her first true mission since she joined AAO, she had spent the entire year training. True that she already was a well trained DA member, but the training she received from her Osoujisama in person was something entirely different. She learnt how to counter attack alices now that she was going to fight alices and not just regular people like she did on her DA missions. Various devices like Alice Extraction Gun, Alice tracing machine, Alice mimicking Bracelet and various such devices she never used as a DA member. She had spent the entire year close to him. She knew practically everything about him now. The more she got to know him, the more she started liking him. Adoring him. Worshipping the ground under him. Everyone in the HQ knew that she was obsessed with him, including him.

Kusoniki Tomoka was long forgotten, she made a point that everyone addressed her as 'Scarlet'. After all it was the name her Osoujisama had bestowed upon her. She was Scarlet, an AAO member.

She got down on the platform, the sign read 'Hikarikaoka'. that was the place the boy was hiding. At least that's what the intel at HQ had informed her. She started looking for the Kenji boy in dark streets and abandoned warehouses, perfect hiding places. She knew finding him was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Exhausted from the wild goose chase, she sat on the park bench sipping the coke she just bought. That kid sure was an expert at hiding. She relaxed a bit and closed her eyes. Sleep embraced her soon after and she dozed off.

FLASHBACK:

Haru pulled her closer to him so that he could deepen the kiss, a move his older friends had taught him. He was being rough, very rough. Haru was always gentle, what had gotten into him? She was uncomfortable. She tried to push him away.

"Haru, stop, you're hur-" He captured her mouth once again, not allowing her to finish her sentence. She closed her eyes tight. He let her go only when he felt the need for breathing. He panted heavily.

"What's gotten into you?" She was angry, eyes red with anger and tears?

"You're my girlfriend." He defended.

"So?" She crossed her arms.

"That's your problem Tomoka? You act like a nun."

"It's them isn't it?" She knew it from the start, "Those boys from central town the other day. Haru they're a bad influence on you. Don't hang out with them. They're filling your head with nonsense!"

"No they are not!" He protested, "You know half the people in our class have done it already. And we've been dating since over a year and we've known each other since like kindergarten yet here we are." She couldn't believe what he was saying. Where was her sweet childhood friend? The boy in front of her was a mutated hormonal teenager she didn't know. "You know they're spreading weird rumours about me because of you."

"Why do you care so much about what others say?" He didn't listen to her. He had made up his mind today. He pushed her down, grabbed her hands and hovered her.

"Haru sto-" He smashed his lips on hers, not allowing her to even breathe. She tried her best to struggle out, but his grip was firm, her hands hurt. He released her mouth to move downwards.

"Stop..Ahhh...Hmm...Ahhhh...Ha...Ahh...ru…." She said between her moans as he bit, sucked and kissed her nape, the exposed skin on her chest. He continued to ignore her. She had never been touched like that before, she never knew she could make such sounds in the first place. Her hands were really hurting. So was her head. She had to stop this madness. She kicked him hard.

"Argh!" He yelled in pain. He crouched as he grabbed his stomach. She took his face in her hands and slapped him. And stormed off to her dorm.

She suddenly woke up from the nightmare. She looked at the clock, she had taken a short 15 minute nap. Short but deep one indeed. She looked around the park loads and loads of kids playing. Something caught her eye: A tiny kid hiding meekingly under a slide. That's him. There he was. Of course he's a kid, he would naturally prefer to hide in a playground. How simple minded kids are. She dashed for him. He saw her. Panic seized him. He stood up and started to run.

"Hey! Come back here you little brat!" She yelled. She was naturally faster than him. Well trained and all, so she caught up to him in no time. "You gave me a hell of a day kid!" She told him when she roughly grabbed him by his arm.

"Pl-Plea-Please don't send me back to my parents…..I...beg….you…" He was crying the whole time. Anyone could tell he spent most of his time crying, his cheeks were wet with tears, eyes red with exhaustion.

"Don't worry brat. We aren't going to your home. You, are coming with me."

"Where to?" He asked in between his sobs.

"You'll see," She was getting irritated with all the crying and sobbing. "Now stop crying and man up!" He was scared of her demonic aura. He tried his best to seize his sobs. He was glad he wasn't going home. He didn't care where that woman would take him, but he was sure that it was some place where he was wanted. Where he would fit in. As a 'normal person' and not a 'freak' as he was branded back home.

FLASHBACK:

Six hadn't spoken in six weeks since that incident. She was upset with him and he was angry with her. But that day she decided to talk to him about it and sort out their issues. Despite that day's incident, he was still Haru, her childhood friend, her first crush, her first love. The two of them always went through the thick and thin together. Both were from the same town, entered the Academy together, he supported her a lot with her missions and stuff. They surely can get over this problem as well.

She stood outside his two star room, knocked once, no response. She knocked twice. Silence again. "Haru?" Silence again. She took out the spare key of his room and opened the door. Walked in. His sneakers were there in shoe rack, so he was in his dorm. And wait: a pair of high heels caught her eye. What the heck?

"Haru?" She called out again. "Haruko !" She walked further in towards his room.

"Ahh...hmmm...yes…." she heard faint sounds as she approached his bedroom.

"Ahhhhhhh…..Ha..ru...ko..Hmm…" she was pretty sure she was hearing moans now. She frowned, what was going on? She stood there outside his room. Frozen.

"You're so goood...AHHHH…...ohhhh….ummm...Haru...ko..Haruko- kun...ummm….Haruko….'

The door was slightly ajar, permitting only the view of the edge of the bed to be viewed, she could see a pink lacy panty lying at the edge.

"ru….ko-kun….Ahhhh…Haruko...Haruko..Ha..." She didn't want to hear anymore. She was moaning his name again and again and again. It was really tormenting. Tears were uncontrollably flowing out of her eyes. She opened the door. And saw what she expected to see.

There he was. Stark naked on top of the naked girl. His clothes lying scattered all over the room. Her bra lying right beside her feet. The bed sheets all crumpled, wet and disoriented. The girl was covered in number of hickeys. She stared at them and then looked at her wrist: faint bruise rested on her wrist. That day, six weeks ago, he had left a dark purple bruise at her wrist, thanks to his tight grip, it had faded by now but not completely gone. She looked closely at the girl. She recognised her, she was Amiko Takeshi, a sempai from the senior division. Her Haru was having sex with a senior girl! This was too much to take for her.

"Haru! How could you?" She yelled at him, "I thought you..you..loved me….." she sobbed.

"Hey! Kid! Have you no manner? Don't just storm into someone's bedroom like that. It's rude!" Amiko told her.

"Sempai, don't," Haru stopped her, he turned to Kusoniki and said " What do you want Tomoka?"

"I hate you!" She screamed at him, "I want you to stay away from me. Forever," And she stormed off, slamming the door behind her.

"Shall we continue from where we left off, thanks to that bitch?" She thought she heard that line as she was moving out, but she didn't care now. She didn't care about anyone now. The one person she cared about had betrayed her, she was done with people now. She was done.

She woke up in middle of night, looked around. No clothes on her. Typical. An unfamiliar place. She turned to see a guy-naked of course-lying on his back beside her. She must have drank too much last night, she had no recollection of what happened that night or what was that idiot's name. Mostly she doesn't even bother. She stood up, shabbily dressed up and went over to the next room, where she found the kid sleeping on the couch. She shook him up. "Let's go,"

"But it's middle of night," Kenji said rubbing his eyes.

"Perfect time to slip into HQ unnoticed." She replied. He followed her, to what would be a new life for him.

"I am proud of you Scarlet. You've done well," Zagi greeted her the following morning. She blushed brightly. Kenji noticed it and wondered at the change in the woman. Just last night she was all haughty and drunk and here she was blushing.

"Anything for you Osoujisama," She bowed in respect.

"I am glad I took you in that day. You really are an asset for me," he announced. Kenji knew there was something going on underneath all the polite talk. Those two were being awfully polite to each other, but it seemed forced. Zagi turned to the boy and said, "Welcome to the AAO, my son,"

"Th-thank you," he said meekly, he was kinda scared of the big man. Every few second, Zagi's eyes would flash from Kenji, to Scarlet. His eyes would devour some other part of her body for a split second, in this case her waist, and go back to Kenji.

"Don't worry, kid. No one will mistreat you here. We're all alices here. No one's a freak. It's the Academy that's cruel. And together we'll bring it down and make this world a better place to live," There was magic in his words. For the first time Kenji saw hope in his life. He knew following that weird lady was a good decision. He was safe here. And now he could change the world so that no one would ever call people like him 'freak'.

"I'll do my best, sir," And he too bowed down.

"That's the spirit, my boy!" Zagi praised him.

"Scarlet, how about you come over to my room this evening. I want to discuss something in private with you. Something important," she nodded. Kenji looked between the two, and decided he wanted to sleep far from Zagi's room tonight.

That evening….

She gently knocked at his door.

"Come in, Scarlet," she unlocked the door and moved in. He placed his beer mug on the table and walked towards her.

"Scarlet," he drawled seductively. His eyes wandered her body as he played with her red hair. "You know, I've always wondered how beautiful you are underneath all this-" he gestured to her clothes.

"Clothing," She was wearing back denim and a thin white shirt. She blushed at the comment and became painfully aware of him looking at her. She was used to such pick up lines but she never blushed to such comments, but for some reason, she always did when he said them.

"I'd be more than happy to show you, osoujisama," She meant it. Normally, she'd say these things to please her partner and make the mood. Now though, she wanted him. She wanted him to look at every bit of her skin. She craved his touch and the feeling of his skin against her. Something told her, making love with this man would be different. There was nothing she wanted more. She reached for the top button on her shirt and unbuttoned all the way to the third one. His hand stopped her.

"That's what I like about you. Always ready to obey any order I give you. So loyal," he paused for a moment, staring at her chest. She bared it a little. "And I'd like to undress you myself," he finished. And after that he crushed his mouth on her waiting lips. Not long after he moved his tongue in for exploration. She grabbed tight onto his shirt all the while while his hands roamed around her red hair: twisting, twirling and rolling them as he pleased. Everywhere he touched became electrified. Her blood rushed through her veins spreading heat throughout her body. He placed her down on the bed. His hands unbuttoned her shirt, his lips leaving wet kisses where each button was. He lifted her back slightly, and unhooked her bra. It fell down and he tossed it aside. He took her a proper look at her.

"Beautiful," he admired and then dived in to kiss the newly exposed skin. He left marks here and there; adding to the existing ones. Every small bite on her neck and chest produced a moan out of Scarlet. When the boss stripped himself of this clothing, she filled with longing, lust, and what she thought might be the beginning to love.

She was enjoying sex after a long time. Last time she had this much fun was with Tono-sempai. She pushed aside the thought and allowed herself to be taken completely by the man staring at her.

FLASHBACK:

She wasn't sure what his name was. All she knew, was that when she stormed into the Dangerous Ability classroom, he was sitting there playing a handheld game. He could only hear her heavy breathing louder than the music from his game. He looked up and saw her eyes. He couldn't help but notice the frustration and hurt dripping from her eyes in the form of tears.

"Where's Persona?" She demanded. He raised an eyebrow and shrugged. No one ever wanted to know where their class leader was, much less seek him out.

"Why?" She hadn't heard his voice before until then.

"I don't want to be here. In this academy. With these people. I want out." Scarlet screamed. The boy set down his game. Turning it off in the process, he silenced the music.

"You don't want out, Kusoniki. You know what's out there." So he knew her name. She didn't care that she didn't know his. In fact, she could care less about what he was saying. Men weren't her favorite subject right now, and talking to one was only making her more agitated. Her mind raged.

Haru and that sempai.

Amiki's moans.

The look of him and her together. Naked.

He didn't love her.

He didn't love.

He didn't.

Snap.

Kusoniki didn't know what was wrong with her. Her mind couldn't take anymore of the pain and the memories were too much. She walked up to the boy and only examined his face for a second. His eyes were dark and revealed every ounce of his past. His brown hair was shaggy, and in that moment, she didn't know who he was, but he was way more attractive than Haru could ever be. She walked closer to him, causing him to cautiously walk backwards. She stared right into his eyes, stepping forward until his back was pressed right against the wall. She ran her hands over his chest until they reached down to the top part of his thighs. The confusion and caution in his eyes was replaced by something that Kusoniki had only seen in one other person's eyes, but this time it didn't scare her. She was ready.

In a split second, his lips were on hers and her hands were around his neck and in his hair. They fought, kissing each other with anger and passion. She wasn't sure what he was upset about, but it didn't matter. The feeling of his lips against her skin was enough to make her forget about her pain. After all isn't this all guys wanted? Sex, passion, pleasure? The boy kissed her as his hand reached to locked the door. He wanted to ask her why they were doing this, but his lips refused to speak words. Rather, they only allowed him to kiss her neck, face, and lips. His hand reached to pull up his shirt. Their lips only parted for a split second as the cloth went over his neck and head. She did the same. The more clothes they removed, the more Kusoniki wondered what to do next. She didn't know. Did he?

Eventually, they stood naked in front of each other. Kusoniki was shoved against the table, her eyes staring into the boy's. She noticed that his eyes weren't looking into hers, but at something else. Feeling slightly uncomfortable at his gaze, she wove her hands up to cover her chest. One of his hands tore hers away and the other caressed her.

"Relax," he muttered. His lips and hands ran along every inch of her, and Kusoniki complied. He kissed her as he lowered her onto the table. The room seemed hotter from their body heat, and the two were dripping with sweat. She wasn't worried about what she had seen before, but only about the sticky feeling of this boy's body on hers. She liked this. Every worry, every ounce of pain, every terrible memory had subsided. She wasn't worried about Haru anymore, or about her past, or about her alice. She could only focus on the amount of pleasure she felt all over her body. When he saw the look in her eyes, there wasn't any holding back.

It hurt. A lot. Just like she thought. Her first time.

She woke up the next morning naked beside him, and the next morning she'd wake up next to another guy. She found it was the only way to make her feel better and to forget. After all, she had decided that if that's how guys liked it, then that's how she was going to be from now on. Most every morning she'd wake up beside some boy she may or may not know. She'd get dressed, and she'd move onto the next boy. It was a routine. And so the tale of Scarlet began.

A/N: Hope that helps understand her character and her past a little.

So another quick question: "Which is your favorite OC:

1.) Scarlet/Tomoka Kusoniki

2.)Boss/Zagi

3.)Kenji Yukimura "

Do reply in a review. This chapter was written by edwardelric108 and Neverlookback756, then edited by Sonic-Keyblade007.