Shiho was now franticly running around the enormous ship looking for a place where there wouldn't be anyone around.
after having sensed a member's presence.
perhaps not just one-
the same thing that happened before on the mystery train but now it was on a ship, Could things get any better?
Shiho remembered the feeling of sensing not one but several organization members on board last time. How helpless and scared she felt.
I knew coming here was a bad idea, Shiho thought.
That brat Kudo-kun managed to convince me.
Shiho found herself in front of a door at the end of the hallway...Shiho was sure that this area wasn't frequently visited even by the staff, perfect place to hide or get killed.
It'd be long before someone would find her corpse Here anyway.
just as she opened the door she suddenly felt something heavy coming in contact with her head.
feeling everything around her slowly distorting the young woman began hearing ringing in her ears just before collapsing.
but a pair of firm hands caught her.
Shiho woke up finding her self in that very same room she had just entered before blacking out
slowly trying to piece together what had happened before getting ambushed
feeling her hands against something cold like metal.
great, handcuffs.
Shiho groaned
She then took a second noticing her self in a different attire, in a new set of clothes.
A oversized white button down shirt with baggy normal pants that were slightly oversized aswell.
she no longer had her long slim party dress on.
who changed my clothes she thought to herself.
also feeling something heavy wrapped around her chest, She couldn't figure out what it was.
Suddenly the door opened and a familiar figure of a man walked in.
Shiho could tell from the build it was a man.
A woman came in soon after.
Shiho couldn't decipher who these two figures were.
As she still felt drowsy taking in her surroundings.
"What a pleasure it is to meet you again, Sherry".
"No, this would be our first time, right?" Bourbon corrected himself smugly.
The tall figure said smirking.
Sherry's eyes widened and she froze.
Bourbon, Vermouth.
Vermouth was wearing a waiter's outfit
Bourbon was wearing a dark grey placket with a black vest and black pants suit
The woman next to him smirked as well
"Who knew it was so hard to kill a traitor, after all You kept slipping out of our grasps "
Vermouth said with a bit of bitterness
"But don't worry you won't make it out of here alive" Vermouth finished.
"Oh and apologizes for..." Bourbon looked at her slightly bleeding head.
"I would have used a syringe but unfortunately I couldn't get my hands on one at the moment...After all it came as a surprise that you'd be here"
" So you'll have to excuse my ungentlemey behavior.."
"But I did say I'd have to get a little rough with you, didn't I" A devious smirk played on the man's lips with a mischievous glint in his eyes
Vermouth smirked as well
"My...This'll be quite entertaining"
"But, Out of all places I didn't think you'd be here, You seem to have quite the appeal to such flashy ostentatious places"
"I would have taken notes for our second date, But regrettably we won't have that chance anymore."
(ostentatious means over the top and drawing attention-like places"
"But what's done is done, right Sherry?" Bourbon finished.
"I would have thought twice about the Explosives last time if I knew you were interested in her back then Bourbon".
Vermouth playfully added.
"You know..." Bourbon trailed off walking closer to the woman sitting on the ground.
Sherry flinched when his presence closed in.
Sherry immediately was on her feet.
"I'm disappointed I wanted to get to know you better, Sherry".
Bourbon said laced with actual disappointment.
"Come on now, I'm not gonna hurt you" Bourbon smirked playfully.
Bourbon said noticing her reaction.
Bourbon brushed his hand over his mouth.
leaning in close to her face
he did something unexpected next
Bourbon closed the proximity between him and Sherry, slowly pressing his lips onto hers
He kissed her
Sherry's widened
She's gotten groomed and sexually harassed by Gin but not by other members up until this second.
and this was happening again, am I gonna practically get raped here...when she was about to die...?
She quickly thought to her self...But judging by Bourbon's personality he isn't the type to force someone into anything much less a woman, but instead he'd play around at most, Teasing his prey."
Pushing his lips closer onto Sherry's
She could feel his tongue moving something from his mouth into hers
A pill...?
It was more like a capsule.
Shiho quickly examined the outside of the capsule with her tongue before determining it was in fact not the APTX
The kiss only lasted for a few seconds before Bourbon slowly backed away
Bourbon shook his head for a brief moment before continuing
Shiho noticed this
"S"
"W
"a"
"l"
"l"
"o"
"w"
Bourbon moved his lips in a petuiclar motion
"..don't..swallow...?"
Shiho could barley manage to decipher the message. She was smart but not a detective.
Shiho was now just as confused as ever
The man who had just kissed her smirked
"Oh and anyone tell you..." The man trailer off seductively.
Bourbon inched forward to her ear.
Grasping a strand of Shiho's hair and playing with it before once again the man moved his face closer to the woman's face
Whispering something in her ear
"If you wanna live, Play along"
His lips brushed against the woman's ear making her get goosebumps
before continuing with a normal volumed voice.
"That you have such beautiful hair"
Bourbon continued twirling a strand of her hair
Bourbon smirked against her ear
giving the young woman once more goosebumps
Bourbon leaned back opening the space between them
"But...I'm afraid now I'll have to kill you"
He Pulled a gun out and pointed it to her chest
Shiho looked at him with fearful eyes ready to meet her fate still unsure about what he meant
"You sure you don't want me to leave you two alone for a bit longer, Bourbon" Vermouth smirked playfully hinting at bourbon if he wanted to have some alone time with Sherry
Bourbon shakes his head a playful smile in return
"No need..But thank you for the consideration"
"Now as for you...Sherry"
The man's eyes beamed with a joyful smile plastered on his face.
Pressing the gun against Sherry's chest.
finally he released the trigger
Blood sprayed from Shiho's mouth.
The gunshot sound wasn't loud it had a silencer, after all they couldn't attract too much attention.
She fell idle to the floor.
Vermouth smiled in satisfaction seeing Sherry's lifeless body.
Sorry silver bullet looks like it was actually the real Sherry this time, I did indirectly break my promise this time.
Vermouth thought to her self for a brief moment.
"Good job Bourbon...now"
Vermouth looked Sherry's body up and down
"What should we do with her body?, you said you had a plan right?"
Bourbon clicked his tongue.
"Yes of course, I always do"
"Although I'd hate to pollute the ocean It's better to throw her body off".
Bourbon grabbed Shiho's arm, dragging her body, proceeding to open a window before throwing her off.
"But since it's her it's not much pollution" He more like whispered to himself.
"But we could just leave her body here it'd be a while before anyone found out".
Vermouth spoke
"That's true but by the time her corpse would be found floating, the cruise would have already arrived at the destination by then. It won't connect the ship to the murder".
Bourbon added
"Hmm...That's true I guess..As usual you're prepared Bourbon"
Vermourh smirked before saying.
"Now normally I'd report mission success to Ano kata,But-"
"We can't have that now, can we?" Bourbon finished Vermouth's sentence.
"Because of a certain someone, actually because of two certain people loading the mystery train with explosives" Bourbon resigned narrowing his eyes at Vermouth.
"Sorry, I guess I'm part to blame, I wanted to make sure Sherry would be dead"
"That means you aren't confident in my abilities?" The man rose a brow following his snarky remark
"No, It Isn't that, you know it." Vermouth teased daringly amused by Bourbon's offended tone.
"Besides, the plan was to retrieve her but you and Gin seemed to have something else planned" Bourbon said ignoring her teasing remark
"Whatever it won't happen again, Now that we cleaned up the mess, after all I'd feel bad if your credibility and loyalty were questioned because of my carelessness." The woman said in a somewhat sympathetic apologetic tone.
"So let's keep this as our little secret..shall we?
Vermouth winked at the somewhat annoyed man.
"Sure" He smirked back.
"Now, I need to head back to the crowd, Can't afford staying away too long."
"Otherwise your cover might get exposed, Can't be helped" Vermouth shrugged.
With that they both headed back to their respective places as per to their cover.
Authors Note!
I've always wanted to write a Reishi one cuz I'm a big Reishi shipper!
cuz all the other good Reishi ones I've read were discontinued. But if y'all do have any good Reishi recommendations tell me and also I'd appreciate comments and your thoughts on this.
So how do y'all like this chapter? Ik confusing just wait for the other one. I hope ya'll pieced the pieces together about what'll happen next?
I actually had began writing this a month ago having in mind what events I wanted to take place but just didn't know how to finish the chapter. The beginning of the chapter is always hard.
Also apologies for the lack of periods after each sentence(.)
