The End Of It All | Akutagawa Ryunosuke x Any! Reader

{Chapter 2}

{Hiya. H here, there are some graphic depictions of violence in this chapter so please be warned if you are uncomfortable or have triggers regarding gun violence or blood.}

The crisp winter morning air was something Y/N always cherished. The way it woke you up from your drowsiness with a sudden shock and how the sun was only just rising on your walk to work. That wake up was something they needed that morning, a night of turmoil shaking them awake, a feeling of someone being there when there was not a soul to be found. Trying to shake this feeling, Y/N continued on their walk to their place of work. 

A new mission was sure to be set, they always were at this time of year when new mafia policies were to be set. There were always people who opposed it - people to be eliminated without a trace. The air in the mafia building indicated that this was going to be a busy winter. There was a glance from every person Y/N walked past, clearly they all knew the danger the mafioso was soon to be in. A fear that they had been expecting themselves. 

Along the corridor they were walking down, they came across their partner's sister, Gin. She had always gotten on well with Y/N since the two met. She joined them on their walk and the two walked to the communal room where, no doubt, an executive would give them a target. Within the room, there was already a mafia executive talking to Gin's older brother, an executive who Y/N knew from their younger years in the mafia and also a good friend - Chuuya Nakahara. The two in the room latched their eyes onto the brother's partner. They knew what the two meant. They had a target. 

"The two of you must break into the building and kill the head." It was a name neither of them knew but they recognised the face from the many mafia patrons. "He wishes to overtake the mafia starting from the bottom. Eliminate him and any of his men you come across. You have twenty-four hours, but knowing your reputation, you'll probably need far less that." The two nodded a goodbye to Chuuya before walking back out of the building. 

To say the two looked ominous would be an understatement. They struck a fear in many people which I cannot comprehend in words, but seeing them both together created a thrilling yet frightening feeling in the deep pits of onlookers' stomachs. There was an alleyway close to the building where the head of the company was. The two talked and hatched a plan. This plan went a little like this:

Step 1: Apply The End Of It All. 

Y/N bent towards the floor, placing their right hand on the pavement. 

"The End Of It All" They whispered, before they felt the energy rush into them and they heard the now familiar silence. How relaxing it was to be the only person in the world. 

Step 2: Reawaken Akutagawa

They got up from the ground and walked over to their partner, touching him on the shoulder. Akutagawa reawakened, looking at his partner, alerting them that it was time for the next part of the plan. 

Step 3: Walk into the building, find the security room and disable the cameras

The two entered the building, unseen by anyone despite the amount of frozen people in the entrance. The real challenge was now afoot, where was the security room? They looked through the files they had been given by Chuuya, however, there was no floor plan within. There were no signs in the building either. They only had half an hour before Y/N's skill dissipated, they didn't have enough time to find the security room. A new plan was heavily required, and fast. 

"Destroy the cameras as we go?" Y/N suggested. Akutagawa nodded as a response, indicating that the plan was the best option for the two, especially when The End Of It All was still in motion. So the two set off down the corridor, destroying every security camera they saw, making sure that nobody could see them when they escaped. Soon, they came to a huge door with the name of the target engraved on a gold plate in the middle. Akutagawa opened the door to make sure that the target was in there before letting the door shut again. Looking towards Y/N, he held up three fingers, telling them the number of people in the room before nodded to indicate them to release their skill. They both knew that it was going to be harder, they were on the second floor. Y/N's fingertips came in contact with the floor, feeling the energy rush from them, through the building and back into the earth. Once it was done, they dropped onto the floor, breathing becoming heavier. A hand on their shoulder both comforting but reminding them of the task at hand. Slowly, they lifted themself up off the floor and reached for the gun in their coat. 

Step 4: Eliminate the target

Feeling the familiar coldness of the metal in their hand, Y/N looked to their partner as he knocked on the door. A small "enter" was heard from the other side. A loud crash emerged as the two flung the doors open with little care of the wellbeing of the hinges. There were three people in the room as Akutagawa had indicated previously. Two guards, one target. Each of the two assassins took a guard on for themselves. The guards were armed but it was nothing that the hellhounds couldn't handle. When a gun was aimed towards them, Y/N took a shot, shooting the guard's hand, causing him to release the gun. Pure terror was painted across the guard's face as they kicked them to the ground, aiming their gun at their head. Y/N couldn't make out the pleads as they put him out of his misery before he could finish his sentence. A spatter stained the room's carpet along with a pool now forming below him, but the target wouldn't be needing his carpet much longer. 

Turning around, Y/N witnessed the horrific scene of Akutagawa's victim strung in the air with Rashomon tied around both his arms and his neck, a blade of it reaching round the back of him to stab through the front. A cough of blood was the final act of the man before the sadistic mafioso let him fall and slump on the ground. The pair turned to the head of the organisation who already had a revolver pulled out from under his desk. 

"Why are you here." His voice cracked with anxiety, he knew that he was not going to win this fight no matter how hard he tried. 

"We've heard about your little plot to slowly take over the Port Mafia." The monotonous ring of Akutagawa's voice was evident, but it would soon change to one of deranged pleasure.

"You're evil!"

"Well, we'll see you in hell then." He activated Rahomon, spearing him against the wall and letting him drop, leaving a smearing of blood all down the wall paper with the point of impact evident in a far denser patch. There were blood spatters across the paper work on the desk, some of which were so awful that you couldn't understand what the documents were saying. 

Stage 5: Escape

The cameras were all destroyed, meaning that nobody could survey them; however, that may lead to more guards on the lower levels, waiting for them to return. It was a risk they would have to face as jumping out of a window was far more risky as it could bring the attention of police forces and even the Armed Detective Agency. 

As they got to the bottom floor, the two realised that their suspicions were correct, the foyer was full of guards, each looking at the pair, aiming their firearms at them. Akutagawa looked over at Y/N and said two words: "Do it."

"The End Of It All."

The two walked out of the building unscathed, leaving behind a room of unsuspecting victims, ones who didn't even know the cause of their death. Blood smeared across the windows, bodies mangled, all concluded lives. A dangerous skill, leaving people oblivious to what is done when it is activated. The secret to the mafia's success. A target for people who can find use in it. Or for those wishing to stop the crimes of the Port Mafia.