My Pawfect Rebirth

174: Bet

As Katsuki followed the man as they were heading to where Izumi was located, Katsuki could tell right away that the area was different and almost VIP like. 

'No wonder I didn't have a strong sense of smell on where Deku was, she wasn't even near me.' he thought. 

"Here we are, sir." the man said as they approached a pair of doors. Katsuki slightly sniffed the air and could recognize Izumi's scent past these doors. 

'If Deku's hurt, they're gonna regret messing with me.' he thought as the man pulled the doors open and let him walk through.

The blond entered the large and glamorous room and wasn't sure where to look, until he caught a familiar scent and turned his head to see the familiar greenette sitting in a chair. 

"Deku." 

He could tell the greenette heard his subtle voice as he watched her head jolt up to see him and she stood up from her chair. 

"Ah- Kacchan." Before he could say anything, the greenette walked towards him and immediately hugged him without a second thought. 

"Thank goodness... you're okay..." she mumbled. Katsuki felt his chest start to throb from her gentle hug and hugged her back as he could tell she was shaking. 

"I should be the one saying that." he responded.

"Ah~ how touching." 

Izumi jolted her head around and Katsuki noticed her sudden movement and looked up to see a man walking up to them. Katsuki recognized the man from the photo they were shown in the meeting and knew that something bad was gonna happen if they weren't careful. 

"You two really are interesting and are willing to cause a scene anywhere you go, aren't you?" Kyohi teased. 

"Tch- so what the hell do you want since you brought us here?" Katsuki asked, getting annoyed. 

"Well it's simple, I know that you two didn't just come here because you wanted to, you came here to find me–and to be more specific–try to deal with me." Kyohi stated. 

'Damnit, so this guy knew we were gonna try and deal with him. Now what do we do?' Katsuki thought.

"Oh don't look so disappointed, you did manage to meet me, I'm sure that's better than not seeing me at all. But I have a better solution for this little meeting of mine." Kyohi said as he rested his hand into his pocket. 

They watched as the Shinigami pulled out a Poker chip from his pocket. 

"You don't suppose you could play a little Poker with me?" Kyohi asked with a smirk. 

'What? Poker? Why Poker?' Izumi thought. 

"And why the hell would we do that?" 

"Well it's quite simple, since both of you decided to roam around on my property and think it's fine to snoop around my property, then I should take action. So the best way to take care of this situation would be over a little fame of Poker. Beat me, and I'll turn myself in like nothing happened, but if you lose, I take both of your lives. Easy trade, hm?" Kyohi asked.

'What kind of gamble is this? Was this the kind of gamble Kacchan had to deal with on the last Shinigami in that drinking game?' Izumi thought. 

"What if we don't want to play your stupid game?" Katsuki asked. 

"Hmph, you have no choice. If you refuse, you die now. So either way, you can die now, or die when you lose the game. How does that sound?" Kyohi asked.