PEACEMAKER || MAI ZENIN.

Dagger in the back

When Mechamaru found him, he was broken. The Fujiki boy barred in a cell and his hands, bound together in chains as he sat against the wall, with his head down. 

He looked like a caged animal, desperate and hungry to escape. His head would soon lift up and dark, angry eyes turn soft when he sees his friend approaching his cage. 

"Mecha..what are you doing here?" 

His breath hitched seeing his friend have just a glimmer of hope in his eyes. He probably thinks he's going to be released but truth to be told, that wasn't the case. 

Mechamaru bypassed into security and barely had time to speak to him any longer. He only had a few minutes before he departs Kyoto for the last time. 

"Den, I'm sorry.." He gasped out and his friend tilts his head a bit. "Sorry, what do you mean?" 

He shook his head at his silence. 

"Damn it, Mecha, why are you here? I can't even get visitors from Mai or my family, so what brings you here? Tell me, please." He pleaded out of frustration from the lingering silence his companion was giving him. He could not predict behind that puppet of his. 

Mecha looks down at his feet,

"You're not the real traitor." He states. "I know for a fact you don't deserve to be here. You'll be able to leave soon, I promise you that."

"What?"

"Den...I'm the real traitor." He choked out. "I'm the one the elders are looking for.."

Denshi stares back stunned, his entire body up against the wall pushes up. He gets up on his feet and comes close to the bars. 

"Explain yourself. Right now." He grits his teeth, pulling himself back from growling and screaming at him at this moment. 

He can tell he was upset and trying his best to hold his rage. Mechamaru, deep down, felt his heart hammer against his chest. He takes a deep, sorrow breath,

"D-Denshi, I'm so so sorry. You were meant as a distraction. The elders will not kill you or harm your family-"

"THEY'VE ALREADY HARMED MY FAMILY!" He snapped, chains rattling against his fists as he holds onto the bars, pulling his intense stare closer. "They've been interrogating my family, day and night. They are already being branded as traitors! Even my little sister Kumi, who's not even old enough to understand what's going on!!" He practically sobbed at the last part, remembering how his five-year old sister screams when they saw him in cuffs. 

"They can torture me and hurt me whenever they want." He mutters. "But hurting my family and harassing them crosses the fuckin line!" He then adds a sad look,