Wish You Were Here (Bonten Rindou Haitani X Fem. OC)

Chapter Thirteen:

"We need to talk." Rindou makes his presence known, his lazy eyes glancing me over as he adjusts the sunglasses back onto his face.

"We don't need to do anything." I snap back at him, not wanting to put up with this bullshit on today of all days.

"We actually do." A short man, with hair as white as ice, makes his presence known in the group of men.

The expression on my face quickly slips into one of shock before a look of sternness returns to my face.

"Mikey..."

Kaede POV

I'm shocked to say the least.

I could have never guessed that the warm, kind hearted boy that I met forever ago would turn into such a cold, ruthless man.

Could I blame him though? For how he turned out?

I should know better than anybody that this life can turn someone's once pure heart into stone.

But then again...you have exceptions to this like Ayuri, who remained so kind hearted and compassionate while being surrounded by so much hate and violence.

"Why would I want to talk to you?" I ask, making sure to keep my eyes solely on Mikey, not letting it once waiver over at Rindou, knowing I'd fold like a piece of origami.

"Because we have a common interest." Mikey replies back, his voice void of any emotion.

"And that would be..." I raise my eyebrow in skepticism at the short man, not entirely keen on the direction of this conversation.

"Bringing down the group that murdered your executive and attempted to maim your brother."

"How do you know about that?" A voice interjects from behind me.

'Ryoko...'

"Ah yes, Misaki Ryoko, speak of the devil and he shall appear." Koko sassily adds to the conversation, causing Ryoko to roll his eyes in response.

"Let's try asking that question again." I look over at Ryoko and make a small signal with my hand. "How do you know about that?" As soon as I finish my question, Natsu makes his presence known to my right, while Ryoko resides to my left, we all have our weapons drawn on the Bonten executive's and their leader.

We're very aware of how outnumbered we are, but that won't stop us from putting up a fight.

A/N: NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT????

"Woah there, no need to get all hasty Kae." My head whips to the voice of Ran, my eyebrows furrow at his comment.

"You lost the right to call me that, Haitani." I spit out, my words dripping with venom as I point my weapon directly at him, causing the older Haitani to throw up his arms in surrender, mockingly.

Mikey shoots Ran a look that I could be read as 'stand down', causing the man to take a step back from the conversation, knowing to not overstep with his boss. Mikey returns his gaze to me before speaking. "We have the information you want on your attackers identity, and you have something we want."

"And that would be?" I ask, still keeping my weapon raised.

"Your help." Mikey bluntly states.

Oh...well that's not exactly what I expected.

"My help?" I repeat, still at a loss as to why they would want my help.