"if only i can hold out my arms,
and walk together with you."
a not is what told her to go out
there. a note is what told her to kill
the prince. and that not lead her to
fall in love.
{𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒}
Chapter one kingdom au momota kaito/ harukawa maki
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!TW KNIFE CUTS!
"why?" she sniffed
in the earliest of mornings, harukawa was curled up on her bedrooms tile floor, memories were flooding back to her, she missed the orphanage. she missed all the kids insisting she read from a huge fantasy book, she missed them pulling on her hair and assisting them. the memories of training flashed in the back of her mind, being flipped over someones shoulder, then being thrown on the ground. then having bruises and bleeding out from the pressure of being thrown. long, jagged lines running across her collarbone, from when she failed to kill a target. her master usually was the one to cause the cuts due to her flaws coming out, and used that technique to keep her in line. she's been known as a very efficient assassin. slip in, kill target, slip out. ever since she came to the holy salvation she's trained day after day and hit after hit, to the point of exhaustion, the being forced to do more. from what she could remember training caused soreness in harukawas mind and body. throughout her childhood all she wanted was for someone to whisper in her ear, telling her that it'll be alright, but that dream never came to reality.
harukawa woke up to the sound of her front door being banged on. later the knocks died down, she heard a sound of a paper being slipped under her front door. harukawa grew the willpower to get up from her bedroom floor, smoothing out the clothes she wore as she walked down the stairs. her hands were shaking a bit as she had here hands on the rails. there at the door was a note, and next to the note was a basket. filled with numerous weapons. harukawa sat down onto her table setting down the items. she picked up the note and read it slowly.
Dear harukawa maki,
it has come to our senses that there will be a coronation for the up incoming king, ouma kokichi. from what we know since the late king passed he's been eagerly waiting that day to come. the locals of the village fear that his childish pranks and infuriating personality to deal with him will be the downfall of the arnesty kingdom. they fear that he is a threat. due to this feedback we ask of you, our finest hitman, to assassinate ouma kokichi the day of his coronation. you will need to successfully complete this hit for the sake of our village. the information about the prince is in the other note. i hope you understand that your identity must not be found out by the people of the arnesty kingdom, especially ouma. you've already been heard about by the police and known by other people every since your last hit. you don't have much time, so don't blow it.
- hikai shi
she bit her nails, due to her nervousness of reading the bothersome note. it was a habit of hers ever since she came to the salvation. "i have no choice, but to take up the hit that he's ordered" she thought to herself. that's what she always thought, harukawa knew that she had no choices nor freedom when it comes to her job. her gaze followed from the note to the one in the basket. from the looks of it the note seemed to be longer than the other one. she held it in her hands, her eyes going left to right, reading it word for word. the note stated all she needed to know about the up incoming king (height, age, d.o.b , etc).
there was a bang on the door. her head raised up, the sound piercing her ears. slowly she crept under the window trying to get a good look on who's outside. there she heard a sound of a voice as say under the window. "HARUKAWA MAKI WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE, I ORDER YOU TO COME OUT HERE WITH YOUR HANDS UP" her eyes widen peeking a bit out the window. "shit" she muttered. it was the police. she quickly snatched the basket of weapons (and the note) scurried under the door to avoid them seeing her and running up the stairs. her heart was racing as she rushed to stuff her satchel with the weapons and note in a rush to escape from her home.
she heard the front door open as she fled from her window. "i don't know how far away it is, but all I need right now is to escape those bastards" her mind was racing and her legs were cramping a bit as she ran into the forest. her heavy breathing was stopping her from turning her head to check if the police was still chasing her, but Harukawa heard the sound of police sirens. "HARUKAWA MAKI WE ORDER YOU TO HALT" the megaphone, though she just sprinted faster. "even if i reach the plane they'll still be chasing me. regardless on how high or far i go" her gaze fixated on the police on motorcycles, chasing her. but just as harukawa started to pick up the pace, she felt the stabbing pain in her shoulder. she took a glance at her shoulder with terror, "an arrow?!" her voice was strained from the constant running and the feeling of pain. the pain of an arrow in her shoulder, shot through her nerves.
harukawas stress grew as she was running out of ideas and time to hide. her eyes went around the forest, she was checking to find a fallen tree to hide behind, so she could treat the arrow wound. "i'll die from this arrow before I can even complete the hit if the police keep chasing me". at that moment harukawa swiftly pulled out the arrow as she turned around, slowly pulling out the pistol on her belt. but there was in fact no one behind her, all she heard was pure silence.
