28.Instead of being sixteen

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Atsushi finally getting his shit together and realizing that violence IS the answer when it comes to cocky bastards with a god complex pog?

Careful sunset eyes watched as the doors came open again. Only to this time widen in surprise.

" Jinko. Get off your ass and let's get the hell out of here, right now." Freaking Akutagawa said, as he took out a single bobby pin that seemed oddly similar to Gin's own hair pins.

"Is this a hallucination?" The tiger rubbed his eyes and blinked, as he leaned back against the wall.

Because seriously, if this was the blond man, Francis , as he came to find out, hell, if he saw the orphanage director , he might've considered this a real situation.

"Oh, please. Get yourself together. I'm finishing up my mission, now get the hell up." The raven glared, his gray eyes that seemed as cold as ice making him snap out of the haze he was in.

"Why are you here?" He couldn't help but ask, as he got up and winced, realizing that this was in fac t real.

His head was still a bit fuzzy from the gas that Francis had let out in the cell after he attacked the man through the bars after the blond annoyed him for a whole hour with his ideals.

"Because rescuing you is our main mission right now, damsel ." The raven rolled his eyes, making him let out a sigh.

"Screw off. Your main mission right now is to help me get that bastard and land this thing." The tiger muttered, as he got out of the cell and next to the tall boy.

"Funny for you to think you have any damned right to order me around, Jinko." Ryūnosuke chuckled, as he grabbed his shoulder.

"Funny for you to think I'll come with you unless you do so, Akutagawa." He smiled, and shook off the hand, getting a glare in turn.

"I'll just knock you out and take you back that way." The raven smiled back, making him roll his eyes. "Oh, really? Would Chuuya -san be very happy with that?" He asked, as he batted his lashes.

Because he knew damn well that they all probably got scolded to hell and back because of what they did. They didn't even report sending Atsushi in before they sent him into the forbidden zone, or the max security section, as he came to find out.

Which probably made their executive less than happy.

"Are you going to run off and be a little snitch, Jinko?" The raven barked, but by his weary expression, he knew he hit the nail on the coffin.

Before their argument could carry on, there was a slight chuckle in the background, making them both snap their heads towards the noise.

"The two of you are truly hilarious." Francis clapped, as he smiled at the duo, making the tiger growl and take a stance, approaching just a step closer because screw this guy. "And you came here to rescue your teammate? See how they treat you, Atsushi?" He continued to purr, making even Akutagawa blink at the audacity.

"Wouldn't it be better to just...join hands with me?" The boy couldn't help the slight ting of rage beneath his skin. "I promise you, the compromise for your troubles will be hefty ." And that's when the tiger pounced.

Razor sharp nails just barely missing the smug face.

"Oh, my! This kitty's got claws, huh?" The blond chuckled, breathily, as he threw a punch and broke Atsushi's nose. Damn. Super strength?

Not exactly. The speed of the man, his reaction time, his strength…it all seemed enhanced.

Sunset eyes glared again, as he simply ducked down and tried to sweep the man off his feet, succeeding, and throwing a kick right against his ribs, before he felt the man grab his leg and pull him down.

"Jinko, stop playing in the mud for hell's sake." Ryūnosuke growled as he sent his own ability at the man and wrapped him in the dark black matter, with the man moving even underneath the Rashomon, and pulling him closer by it.

"What the hell is up with this guy?" He couldn't help but growl, as he used his position on the floor to his advantage to move out of the way as Francis quite literally pulled Akutagawa in by his ability and threw him at the floor.

"He's clearly fucked in the head if he's kidnapping someone as worthless as you." The raven coughed, as he released the man, to instead use Rashomon to grab onto the pole, as the Moby Dick swirled a bit. It was getting unstable.

"How the hell did you know where I was?" He asked, as he grabbed onto the raven's leg for support and got up. "This was my last guess, quite frankly." Akutagawa spoke, as he used Rashomon to try and catch the man again, only for the blond to slide out of the way and grab onto it, making Akutagawa use his grip to throw the man into the wall.

"Besides, Sherlock wannabe from the ADA said that the bastard behind this must be on the ship, because who in their right mind would be there in this havoc that they've caused." The raven shrugged, as he avoided the man's punch and used the chance to stab through the man's shoulder with Rashomon.

A healing enhancement as well, the tiger realized as he watched the man patch himself up.

Perhaps even a durability enhancement too.

"There is… quite a bit of chaos down there. Yet here I am, rescuing a fucking homeless cat instead of fixing it." He rolled his eyes at the comment and joined in on the fight, using the fact that Francis was distracted with Akutagawa to kick him, only for the man to growl and turn back and punch him twice as hard.

"Get over yourself. We are going to fix this entire thing by making sure the ship doesn't leave Yokohama." The tiger bit out, as he defended himself from the kick that went straight for his head.

"On other hand…you're both very much alike."

The sentence made his entire stomach drop, to the point where he felt like he might actually vomit.

" Do not ," He began, as he grabbed the most power he ever did from the tiger, conscious slipping, hand coming in a closed fist, as he felt rage and anger crawl up his spine.

"Compare me," He heard the raven say, making him even angrier than before as the tiger's aura took over, his eyes completely pale yellow. " To him !" He screamed, fist connecting to the man's face as Akutagawa's own connected with the back of it, the shop itself beginning to lose guidance because of the damage that their little fight has caused so far.

"My, my….truly, applaudable." The man laughed, blood dripping down his chin, yet still not falling to the ground. "Too bad your efforts are as useless as your refusal." The way that the man cockily smiled, to the way that the man continually found other people below his level….

The way he considered himself to be above the rest of them, pitiful bastards, made Atsushi angry. That egotistical stare made him think of the head of the orphanage.

You're really going to lose to a guy like this?

He felt enraged. The fact that this absolute bastard acted like he owned the whole damned world, like he could do and say as he pleased, that he was in the right here, it was ridiculous.

It made him pissed.

"Akutagawa….I'm doing the thing I did while we trained with Chuuya-san." The tiger barked, seeing those cold gray eyes widen for a split second as he closed his eyes, opening them only once he felt the fire in the pit of his stomach spread to the rest of his body and melt his consciousness away.

"Do not interfere."

If the man wanted a dance, they'd dance.

Under the moonlight. With the beast.

The human mask fell, and the tiger had come out to play.

And if he could smell a slight smell of fear coming off of Akutagawa before he completely gave in to the tiger's will, he wouldn't comment on it.

-RAN-

Francis: breathes

Atsushi: And I took that personally.

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