Bolt Through The Heart (Quanxi X F.OC)

-Masquerade-

Sei sat, fingers cross, head with a slight tilt and that damned smile she shared with her sister plastered on her face.

"Wouldn't you want to know." She said, uncrossing her fingers and leaning her head in her hand, it took much of her self control to keep her leg from bouncing, Makima is never stressed, she can't look stressed. "I've been bothered by your soviet devil not long ago, I wonder, why haven't you intertwined?"

"Ah so you knew I was watching?"

"Why else would I have fought like I did? Do you think I want my secrets to get out." She tilted her head to the other side, barely raising a brow.

"I admit, I had been thinking about why something was different in how you moved but I get it."

"Now, tell me, why are you here?"

"Is it that bad that I am here? You left Japan, aren't you scared your bureau will suffer without you."

She grinned, doing her best to move slow and deliberate when she grabbed the drink and sipped from it, Makima is always in control, not hurrying, nonchalant.

"It's for the chainsaw isn't it? You think I brought him along? You are quite a fool if you think so.... I am here on my own little escapade, I don't need his help."

"How sad, I've always wanted to meet him."

Makima loved the chainsaw, she need to too.

"Oh no, the bomb devil will not even have the chance to lay eyes on him before I twist her head off her neck." Sei said with a smiley threat, feeling sweat drip down her back.

"I thought so, and I see you here with your enemy."

"Trust me, my goals are far away from what you can imagine, some alliances must be made temporarily, I need more dogs and I know a few well trained ones." She grabbed Cosmo's jaw from bellow, pulling her face closer too hers. "Like this one." The fiend looked way, more stressed but said nothing.

"Are you sure THE first devil hunter will let you take her girls?" The bomb devil mocked but Sei kept her smile as Makima is always in control and doesn't let herself be bothered.

"Oh she will." She let go of Cosmo. "She learnt from last time that cooperation is key." Voice hinting that it was not a nice way that she got her to learn. "Devils are everywhere and people like you are obstacles, I will save humanity from all devils, so get out of my way or you'll be taken care off bomb devil." She offered her a really friendly smile, it didn't look like it but the hybrid reeked of growing nervousness.

"The name's Reze."

"All I see is a scared little girl trying to play the big dogs' games." She leaned back, hand on her lap and a close eyed smile. "I'd advise you to tell all your men to drop their weapons or the soviets will be down a hybrid."

She looked at her through half lid eyes as all the previous plans the hybrid had seemingly evaporated, staring at each other.

"What men?"

"All those that have their weapons directed at me of course." She added on cheery note, lifting a hand and pointing at a random old couple looking team, pointing out one of the many more gun smells around her. "You can't think I didn't notice them, you think you can outsmart me? You'll be dead before they can even pull their triggers on me and then they will be dead too, I would really enjoy my investment not going to waste." She pat Cosmo's head but still looked at Reze. "Plus I am not that easy to kill, you'd be foolish to think so."

The bomb girl lifted a hand, as if to wave down a worker but nothing happened.

"That's better." She smiled. "Now...." She said before her eyes started to glow, coming out as a yellow glow through the contacts. "You will go back too the soviets and leave me alone." She ordered nicely.

Reze gulped, nodding, feeling as if it was her own idea to leave and go home and not Sei's.

"You won't bother us again."

"I promise."

"And drop the gun you've been pointing at me from under the table."

Reze, just through this discussion, was shaken up, lifting her hand and dropping the handgun on the table.

Sei put a finger on it and pulled it to her side of the table before pushing it too Cosmo, still seemingly staring deep into Reze's soul.

"How'd you know?" The bomb devil asked.

"I know enough." She played on Makima's machinations in secrecy too avoid answering. "Now go, before I end you, you could still be useful too me one of these days bomb devil." She smiled at her, Makima only let people live if they could be of use to her. "All of you, go."

Sei watched the few 'staff' of the soviets she could see, stand casually and walk out, knowing tho she knew were there but didn't see were not affected, direct orders are great to a certain point, this was an ability the real Makima would love, able to order people around the world if you specifically address them and know what they look like.

Sei held her breath before almost deflating in a puddle of stress when she was sure they were gone, using the ravens and crows to watch them.

"Holy hell biscuits." She groaned, rubbing the contact lenses out of her eyes, her eyes itched and were probably red now.

She rubbed her forehead with another sigh, if she was to have a bleed because of stress it should happen now not when she is not stressed but lucky her, she didn't bleed out and cause more stress to herself and the fiend.

Sei glanced at her.

"Are you alright? They won't bother us." She said, just a bit disappointed in herself for not pushing for more answers but seeing the tremble in her hands as the adrenaline left reminded her why, she was a mess of stress, masquerading like the calm and collected sister that she wasn't. "Probably never coming back to China as long as they live." She added in a grumble.

"Halloween?"

"Leave? Yeah we'll leave, we should get home." She stood, dropping a random assortment of cash and banknotes that would probably pay for the stolen food.

There were so many things she should have done better in that interaction, now the soviet union (since I realized Russia itself, is not a place in chainsaw man) might be suspicious, dammit, she should have ordered them to forget.

"Forget our interactions." She ordered, reminding herself of how the people she saw looked, hoping she remember right and they would forget, Reze for sure, would have her mind wiped of Sei's memories.

She felt a hand grab hers before the arm was hugged, she looked at a still nervous Cosmo, sighing.

"You can lament on your fuck ups later Sei." She told herself before giving the fiend's hand a squeeze and a soft smile. "It's over now, it will be fine, lets go home."

"Hallo." She agreed with the devil.

"Come on, lets go." She said, taking a deep breath, pulling her out of the fast food place.

A raven struck down, squeezing a rat in its claws, carrying it away.