Blood and Roses (Karma Akabane)

Chapter 2- Old Friends

For the rest of the day, I was at home; a big house or more precisely a mansion, that I bought with my parent's money a couple of years ago. I took the time to prepare my things for tomorrow and I went on a couple of missions. I prepared my outfit for tomorrow, knowing that I was joining a training assassins classroom. I put my guns in the hidden pockets on the back of my pants, the two guns used to belong to my mother before she died. I have used them countless times to kill people.

But as much as using a gun is easy and fun, I have a weak spot for knives. I own many, many pairs of knives, but my favorite one will always be the two knives that belong to my father. These two knives are different from normal. They have the initials of all the members of my family that were assassins. I put mine two when I started. I keep them with me 24/7, I even sleep or take my shower with them because they are really precious to me. When I go to school, I put them in secret pockets in my skirt.

After a couple of hours reading in my bed, I fell asleep shortly before midnight.

The next day

I woke up at seven and a half. I got in a quick shower, brushed my teeth and put on the gray skirt of the uniform with a white shirt and semi-transparent black tights. I put my hair in a high ponytail, made a sandwich and ate it on the way to school. Arriving at the school I find a blonde woman waiting for me. It takes me a moment to fully understand who is standing in front of me. My eyes start to glow from happiness. It's been a really long time since we last saw each other. My best friend,

- Irina!

She turns her head toward the sound of my voice and opens her arms right on time when I collide with her, giving her a tight hug. When she sees me she looks confused.

- It's only been five years, I thought you would recognize me, I pout.

Her eyes finally light up when she understands who is standing in front of her.

- Holy sh*t! Y/n, is it really you?

- Of course it's me! Who the fuck would give you a hug as soon as they see you? I am back and I plan on staying here forever.

- Good to know. So why are you in this school? You don't need to learn anything, you are the smartest person I have ever met.

- I have a mission, I need to kill someone from the 3-E class. What are you doing here?

- I am the English teacher of the same class you just named. Come with me, I was waiting for the new student, I guess it's you, she said smiling.

- It's been a long time since we last saw each other, how are you doing? Is your work still working well?

- I am really good and the work has never been better. How are you? You know what one day I want to invite you to drink a coffee and you will tell me everything that happened to you during these five years!

- Okay, I'm looking forward to it! I was excited to talk to my only friend.

We met seven years ago, I was seven at that time and Irina was fourteen. We met on a mission to kill a big group of men and women who were a part of the skin trade. She was using her charm on the mens and killed them while I battled against the women that started to mock me and underestimated me. They started to treat me like I was a stupid little girl whose place is in class listening to what the teacher says like a good child. Well they were wrong. I became an assassin at the age of six. School would never be my place, I was born to be on the fields, to fight, to kill. It was my cousin who taught me everything I know, he was there for me all my life, helped me grow into the person I am today and I will forever be thankful for him.

But back to Irina and I's first meeting. We were able to kill all the members present at their base that day. When we had finished, I placed my mark on their doorstep signaling that I had passed by and killed everyone. At that time, my cousin had been teaching me for four years. I know everything I had to learn at school along with important knowledge of fighting techniques and assassinations. Ever since that day, Irina and I have become friends. We used to team up together for most of the big assassinations missions. But five years ago, I had no other choice but to leave my home, my cousin and my best-friend to go somewhere in Japan for an important and very well paid mission.