Arranged Marriage

The Mafias deal

It a normal afternoon in  Yokohama City. The Pm boss was doing his paper work, when Dr. Mori asked for permission to enter his office, with the Boss gave immediately.  Mori stopped in front of the Boss and looked him straight in the eyes.

- What is it you need doctor? I'm sure it is no good news if you asked to  see me immediately, said the doctor. 

As he said that, a dainty little girl came closer to the Boss. He smiled at the sight of the child and asked the child to go to the sofa and wait until they were done. The girl obeyed the Boss's wish and went straight to the sofa. Mori looked at the child once again.  She had pale skin, dark brown hair, and dark eyes. She was wearing a baby blue dress, and her hair was down. She didn't seem to be older than eight years old. At first sight, you would say she was just a normal child, but that wasn't the case with this one. Just by how obedient she was, he could tell her intellect was higher than the one of a normal eight old. It was also strange the reaction of his Boss. He was known for being a cruel, insane and heartless person, who was doing everything for his own benefit and that would risk each and every member of the Mafia to achieve his goal. He was also known for hating children, so what was so special about this one to make him so joyful? He had never heard in the Mafia about a child that was allowed to stay in his office. Maybe there was a connection of sorts between the two of them. After the Boss was sure, the girl couldn't hear anything he continued:

- You are free to talk doctor. Just make it fast. As you know, being the boss of a large organization is not easy and requires a lot of time. 

- Of course, Boss. As you know, our organization is at risk of being attacked  by other organizations, so I suggest an alliance.

- An alliance you say. And with who have you thought to make an alliance?

- I think it would be best if we form an alliance with the Russian Mafia. Their resources can be useful and I also heard they have a little genius among them. One with the power of eliminating each rival by a simple touch. I talked with them, and they say they'll agree under one condition.

- Which is...?

- An arranged marriage between this genius boy and a young girl from our organization. I firstly thought  about making Elise pretend to be one of the Mafia's members so we can obtain information in real time, but now I have something else in my mind.

- Who might this person be? You know we don't have many children in our organization. Barely any at all.

- I thought of the girl that is sitting at the moment on the coach. She is surely a beautiful girl and she also seems to be smarter than other kids. Who knows, maybe she's as intelligent as the boy.

When the Boss heard the doctor's suggestion, he said with an angry tone:

- Absolutely not! You have no right suggesting her!  I totally disagree!

Mori somehow expected this kind of reaction, and also his suspicions about their connection was raised. It was clearly the fact that the boss cared a lot for the little girl. The first though that crossed his mind was the one they were related to each other, but he immediately told himself that something like this would have been impossible. Then what would be the reason behind his worry for the girl. Maybe she had a useful ability. It  might  be possible...

- Boss, if I might ask, what is your relationship with this girl, that she is so important to you? 

- If you are so curious to know, firstly you have to swear on your life that you will not tell anyone what I am about to tell you, otherwise you can start preparing your grave.

- I Mori Ougai, swear on my life and the life of my loved ones that I will not divulge the information Boss is about to tell to anyone, even if I have to go in the grave with this information.

- All right.  The girl is actually my granddaughter. Her parents committed suicide this year, so I decided to take care of her myself. As you said earlier she is too smart for her own safety. She knows more than a average middle person. She can predict things from moths earlier and her strategic thinking is over expected. Although I wish to keep her from this dark world of killing and suffering, I guess I'll have to accept your idea. 

The Boss turned to the girl, and called her over there. When she came close enough, she hugged her grandfather's leg, clinging to it. 'She seems quite short for her age.' said Mori to himself. The Boss asked the girl to go present herself to the doctor. She hesitated a bit to let go of her grandpa's leg, but she came closer to the doctor, but not too close. She was cautions. She reached out her hand.

- I'm Dazai Osamu. I'm eight and I'm a orphan . My ability is No Longer Human. It allows me to nullify any ability with a single touch. I assume you are Mori Ougai, the doctor of the PM. Your ability is Vita  Sexualis, which allowed yourself to create a girl that is a bit older than me. I have to say, you are a bit weird, but surely smart. Isn't that right, doctor?

Not gonna lie, Mori was quite impressed by how quickly she deduced all of this. Also her ability. A ability which allowed the user to erase any ability for some time by a single touch. With her smartness and ability, in the future she would be a feared boss of the Pm. If that will actually happen ( 😒 ).

- Doctor Mori, from now on you are responsible for her well being. You'll keep an eye on her and you'll teach her anything you consider she'll need to know. As for the alliance, tell the Russian Mafia, I'll want to have a talk with them about the conditions of this marriage. Also I want to meet this so said "genius kid".

- Of course Boss. I'll take great care of your niece.

Dazai looked at her grandfather pleading him with her eyes not to hand her to Mori. She knew the guy was hiding something, and it was surely something big. Dazai followed Mori to his cabinet, where he gave her a sit next to him.

- I know you do not trust me. You are a smart girl after all, so I'll say it straight to you, no point in lying. The Pm is going to make a deal with the Russian Mafia, and in exchange for this alliance you'll have to marry their genius boy. Do not worry, you won't get married until you are a teenager, but in that time you'll most likely have to live in the same apartment and maybe even have to go for some weeks in Russia.

- Even though I'll still be quite young at the time we'll get married, I see your point but I wish for you to tell me more about my soon to be 'fiancé'.

- You really are a clever one. His name is Fyodor Dostoevsky. His ability's name is unknown, but it is said he can kill anyone by a simple touch. Just like you can nullify any ability. His parents died in a fire, and he was the only survivor. I advise you to be careful around him, he is very capable for his age and his mind is as twisted as ever. He is also a Christian. He does everything in order to please God. He considers himself the right hand of God. I'm not aware of his looks, but I know he has some purple eyes that will do anything to see in your soul and find your weakness in order to destroy you. That's why I'm going to make you a girl with no weakness.

Mori was not kidding when he said he'll make her with no weakness. He experimented medication on her, hurted her, both physically and mentally, played mind games with her all the time and taught her all she needed to know about war art, logical thinking, and how to read your enemy's just by slightly less information. The worst part is she could not tell anything to her grandfather, otherwise he would tell her secret to the entire world. She remained silent, but her grandfather could observe some changes in her behavior. She was not as talkative as usual, she was more secretive, and hardly ever disobeyed any order. It was as if she was scared of being punished. Also she started having suicidical thoughts, wishing she could just end her miserable  life, but that was not possible, at least not right now.

The next week she was told she'll be meeting her 'fiancé'. She was not that happy, more like curious about someone who she was told was very similar to her. When she first heard of him from Mori, she though they were like the opposite parts of a coin. She just has to wait and judge herself if that was to the case. All she could say was that next week will sure be interesting.