Five: Organized Crime AU
Mary drew back, surprised, as the skinny boy started shouting.
"What do you mean, you joined a gang?"
She didn't blame him for being upset—but she'd thought he would be screaming about being tied to a bedframe rather than about his sister joining up.
"Why should you care?" Momo snapped. "You're the one who's been hiding in his room for two years now!"
"But—a gang!" the boy sputtered. "You're a singer, you have a promising career—and you want to throw it all away so you can get killed on the streets somewhere?"
"Are you saying you don't think we can take care of her?" Kido asked, voice low and threatening.
"N-not at all! It's just—" he broke off. "She's my little sister. I don't want anything to happen to her."
"Believe it or not, this gang is the best chance that she—that either of you—have of staying alive," Kido said flatly. "Ever since our founding commander died, the violence around this town has been getting worse and worse. The terrorists at the mall were probably brought here by one of the older gangs."
"It's not like we're looking to get more territory," Seto put in, smiling gently. "We're just trying to keep this small area safe."
Mary finally found her voice. "It's like a family," she said.
"What?" the boy repeated, confused.
"The Mekakushi-dan,"she said. "It's like a family. We keep each other safe."
"Weirdest gang ever," the boy muttered.
"Don't underestimate us," Kido said. She gestured toward Mary. "She knows pressure points. She'll have you frozen in place if you even look at her the wrong way. Kano is a world-class con-man. Seto's good enough at reading opponents in a fight that no one can take him hand to hand."
"And you?" the boy asked.
Kido slipped a gun out of her sweatshirt and offered him a knife-sharp grin.
A/N: Not much to say about this one, except that it's also a mudane/no powers AU. So, it's up to you how you treat the Yuukei Quartet's dead-but-not-dead members if you decide to adopt and expand on it.