Kunikida's little sister

And This Is Why I hate Dolls

The train ride went by rather quickly and I made sure to keep an eye on the kid, Kyusaku as I also replenished my sugar levels with some candy from the snack cart.

I exited the train with the girls and pest in tow, the pest trailing behind some.

"Haruno, Naomi, Emi, are you alright?" Atsushi asked as he jogged up to us.

"We are. I never thought they'd come after the clerks in the office," Naomi responded as I grumpily ate my toffee.

"Well, at least you're alright now. We're gonna escort the two of you to the extraction point. And Emi, we'll take you to the base."

"'Kay," I replied with a mouthful before I swallowed. "I'll be back, gotta use the toilet." I left them, making my way to Dazai, Gin, and Higuchi's scents. I stopped at the entrance to a warehouse, leaning against the door. "Well, what a lovely surprise!" I exclaimed with a sing-song tone. "So, how's the little dragon? Still homicidal?" I asked as I skipped next to Dazai with a smile plastered on my face. "Or is he still out of commission?"

"You...!" Higuchi started.

"Now, now, there's no need for a squabble," Dazai assured. "What was the rest of the message?"

"Tch. The boss is offering both of you an executive position in the mafia. To protect you."

"Protect us from what?" I asked.

"The boss has decided to let Kyu out of his prison."

Dazai's eyes immediately widened.

Wait, Kyu as in Kyusaku? What did that kid do?

"What stupidity. Do you have any idea what he's unleashed? Kyu is a walking catastrophe to everyone, friend and foe alike."

"The port mafia achieves its ends by any means necessary," Higuchi stated.

I leaned closer to Gin and asked, "What did Kyu do that has even Dazai shaken?" In response, she just shrugged.

"Do you even know why Kyu was imprisoned in the first place? They have the vilest gift of them all: the ability to control people's minds. Kyu's curse induces hallucinations, causing his enemies to attack those near indiscriminately. The curse is only activated only when Kyu's doll is mutilated."

"Oh, shit," I muttered. "Uh, Dazai, we might wanna..." I trailed off, halfway pointing to the door and taking a couple of steps toward it.

"Don't tell me- Dammit!"

We rushed out of there like bats out of hell and ran to the train station. The sight we were met with was bad, like really bad. Atsushi was holding Naomi off the ground and strangling her with his weretiger arms as Haruno was on the ground traumatized.

"Atsushi, listen to me! Look closely!" Dazai yelled.

After a second, Atsushi dropped her. "No way... The one hit with the ability was me? All I wanted to do was protect everyone."

The sound of distorted laughter met my ears, and apparently Dazai's too because he quickly grabbed the doll from under the bench and deactivated the ability as Atsushi fell to his knees. The train rooted, signaling it was about to leave.

"Your new friends are so fragile, Mr. Dazai," Kyu started from the train door as it started to move. "But, don't worry, what I'm really looking forward to is breaking you! Remember how you made me suffer? Soon you're going to feel the pain too, Mr. Dazai."

"And instead of capturing you next time, I'll just rip your heart out," Dazai said.

"I can't wait to play again! See you later!" With that, the monster was finally gone.