Unchained

Chapter 6 - Scapegoat is Sketchy AF

Tomura turned slightly, seeing Hiryuna and politely waving. He adjusted his posture to a relaxed sitting position, calmly setting his hands in his pockets again.

"The man of the house has arrived" He remarked cheerfully.

"Yes, yes, save that crap, get enough of it on stage! I see Albis decided he trusted you enough" Looking at the blond briefly, he smiled, cheerfully "So, you're interested in some of our produce, hmmm? What's it you're looking for? Need a man on duty, to do some dirty work, someone in the house, to clean up for you?" He winked "Or just need something to have a bit of fun with..."

Tomura paused, processing what Hiryuna said before asking "I'm... going to ignore that last remark. Is there a list I can look at? I tend to think better with one." Tomura sent him an implied smile through the mask.

"A list?" He gave off a hearty laugh "No, having something like that lying around... we can do better, hmm? How about... we show you them in person?"

he huffed "of course you'd want to. Lion, if you would? No... actually. I'll come along"

Tomura had a small moment of 'Oh Shit' before responding warmly "Ah, You've exceeded my expectations. Splendid!"

Albis shrugged, and put on his mask. "Yes boss, whatever you say" regaining his earlier stoic composure, he opened the door, letting the others out. "It's in the basement, we have to go through the crowd... Keep close to the boss, easy to lose him with all these idiots trying to get an autograph or something..."

Tomura nodded, standing from his seat and brushing himself off. "It's no problem, popularity is something that cannot be easily avoided once earned"

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They made their way out, and down the stairs.

The crowd became wild again - streaming towards the staircase; Hiryuna has apparently decided to make another appearance. This time, with two masked men in tow, one with lion's head, and another, a fox (Tomura!)

Hiryuna gave a shining smile to the people around him, waving, and stopping every few seconds to greet a fan more personally.

If Alice could see, Tomura was scratching at his neck moderately; so pretty obvious he was very stressed. Yet, he kept composed and formal mannerisms; looked strange coming from him of all people if anyone knew him.

The man in the lions mask followed him closely- scanning the crowd in the process, like a predator on the lookout for prey.

When his eyes met those of Alice., he stopped, suddenly, keeping his gaze locked. Taking a few moments to regain his composure, Lion held onto Hiryuna, and whispered something into his ear. The man glanced briefly over to the girl, nodded, before continuing.

As Tomura noticed Lion look over to where Alice was and whisper to Hiryuna, he felt a surge of protective instinct. Tensing himself for a short moment, he shook it off and pretended Alice wasn't there so he didn't paint a target on both of them. 'I have to hurry back...!' He thought, forcing his hand down from his neck.

Hiryuna led the three to a white door, painted with a large Red Cross. Lion barred the crowd off as the others went inside, and followed.

Alice was walking around, as her eyes met with the lion masked man, her body froze. The look the man held was familiar, she quickly turned and tried to lose him in the crowd when she noticed him walking over to her. Her breathing picked up as she moved through the crowd of people

"Alice?" The black-haired boy from earlier stood in front of her, looking fit as a fiddle "Oh thank god, thought I'd lost you!"

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