Dark Side of Wonderland

Kohaku

Halo Eight: Kohaku:

The Master waited outside of her school days before Izaya's body was found. He memorized her schedule. Kohaku will look for any excuse not to go home. She wouldn't have to deal with him. The Master couldn't help but smile to himself. Her family would be entertaining for days. The parents tried to look perfect.

The Master glanced behind him. Good, Byakko was nowhere in sight. It wasn't like he cared about the other tadpoles, but he wasn't going to let his toys get killed in any way. He would have to deal with that annoying tiger girl later.

Ah, there goes the bell. The Master watched the students exit out of the building. Here comes the Going Home Club. Kohaku is still in the school. She's mostly at the nurse's office. The Master took a puff of his pipe and walked inside unnoticed. He had to do this just right.

November 3rd, 2015.

Kitano sat back in his chair and hit record on his tape player.

"This entity is going to be a little bit different. Today, I want to talk about her. Where do I begin with her? Well... First of all, she is an entity with no body. No physical form. I call her a "she" because her presence feels feminine to me. I remember the first time I met her. I summoned her to kill Izaya. Well, to be accurate, I put a death curse on Orihara and she was the one to answer. Since then, she comes when she wants. She seems to take a liking to Izaya. So much so that she just popped when I was pondering my experiment. I have never seen her this excited before in my life. She... She's just something else."

A knock came on his door. Kitano hit stop on his recorder.

"Yes?" he asked.

"I'm coming in," Osamu said. He opened the door and poked his head inside. Kitano raised his eyebrow.

"What do you want?" he asked. Osamu walked in with a small stack of papers in his hand.

"I got the notes you needed," he said.

"Good, good," Kitano said. Osamu handed him the papers when he walked over to the desk. The therapist put on his glasses as he turned them and read them.

"So they actually did it," Osamu said. "What do you want to do next?" The boss turned to him.

"Observe and form a plan," he said. This didn't surprise the men. It all kept piling up for this game. However, they knew that winter was coming and time would be running out. They were going to have to act fast.

The Master walked up to the nurse's office. He poked his head in the doorway. Good, Kohaku was alone at the moment. The nurse herself had just stepped out. He smiled coldly to himself. This would be easier than he thought. That's when he noticed his target was staring at him. The Master slipped into the room.

"Hello, dear," he said. Kohaku stared at him with wide eyes.

"Are you... the Master of Lies?" she asked. The last part came out in a whisper. The Master raised his eyebrow.

"So you've heard of me?" he asked. She nodded uneasily.

"So... you know why I am here, yes?" the Master asked. Kohaku stared up at him, trembling. She rubbed on her arm as she looked away.

"I don't want to do it," she said.

"Oh? And why is that?" he asked. She felt so small underneath him. The tadpole couldn't bring herself to look at him. The Master took her by the cheek and turned her head to him. He gave her a little smirk.

"Don't be like that," he said. "Do you know what kind of treasure is resting in your little body?" Kohaku pushed him off.

"Get off me!" she shouted. The Master had the same smirk that Izaya would.