The last defender (K/da X oc)

Chapter 33 Puppeteering

Ahri was not expecting to be called over by Tony, truthfully she just wanted to lay down in bad and hate herself for her failure as a leader. But she couldn't ignore Tony, for once it would be inappropriate which was not her thing, more like Akali's, and as for second, it was not like she had a choice, if she wanted them to be ok they would have to live by their rules, this was no longer their house and their images were crumbled into nothing, they had nothing now and they had to start from the ground up, so it would be best for them if they could focus on the work so they could be back on their own, and it would be best for them not to start trouble as to not make their stay here a living hell, plus she was kinda curious because her friend was not here to welcome her.

Hanzo in his engineer form led her to his kitchen, confirming with his mind and through his clone's eyes that the rest were getting accommodated, he started speaking to Ahri while sending the clone what to say to the rest, basically, he was multitasking two conversations at once, one was just a simple you have a room here, you here, there are toilets, etc... But the second one was way more important as he was now placing all of his fight in Ahri so as not to mess him up, Hanzo did not like opening himself but Ahri knew him with his real face, and Evelelynn did too, he had more scars now but she would easily recognize him, but others did not see him as her friend, so he has to hope that Ahri buys whatever he tells her and let him reveal himself slowly as he is not yet even after all those years healed from her, he still had feelings for her, but they were overshadowed by anger that appeared during a war in him, so he had to take things slow, figure out himself and her first, to know if it would even be a good idea to continue any sort of contact with Evelynn.

Hanzo now leaned on a counter and looked Ahri in the eyes.

Ahri: Tony, what is it that you wanted to tell me?

Hanzo (engineer): Well, we can start by properly introducing myself.

Hanzo takes a breath, realizing that there is no going back.

Hanzo then lifts the illusion and after a second the smoke from the illusion getting canceled dissipates revealing his true self.

Hanzo: Well you may know me as Ninja 69, my actual name is Hanzo Hattori, you may know me as Tony, Ashfall, Pheonix, or whatever you call the guy that returned from the war alone a.k.a. chosen one.

To say Ahri was crept up was an understatement, but she actually did not know what to feel, she was naturally curious, but she also was a bit scared, after all, if you were telling the truth what reason would you have to wear so many faces?

Ahri: Wha... You are all of the people living he...!

Hanzo quickly covered her mount before she could alert others, cringing in the process because it seemed wrong to him.

Hanzo: Let's take it slowly, promises me to not scream, please.

Ahri nodded after a second and Hanzo took away his hand.

Hanzo: Lisen, I'm telling you this because I trust you Ahri, but if I was not forced to do this I wouldn't have done it.

Ahri: What do you mean?

Hanzo: Well, my face, the one you know under the nickname Ninja 69 is the real me, and that alone wouldn't be a problem, the problem is that this face is also known by your bandmate and friend Evelynn, and we have met in the past, like really in the past and it did not end well, and I would like to first see what Im steeping into without burning my self. 

Hanzo then stopped for a second, trying to come up with something to reassure Ahri.

Hanzo: I don't want petty revenge, I'm not asking you to choose a side or betray a friend.