Brown and Orange - Soukoku

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Chuuya POV

I woke up and checked the time on my phone in my pocket. 4:21 pm. That was probably the longest period of sleep I had gotten all week, about 17 hours of sleep. There was something warm next to me, like a heating mat.

I peeked over the covers to see the brunette scrolling on his phone. I was practically sleeping on top of him, I could feel my face get hot. "Is sleeping beauty finally awake!" Dazai exclaimed.

"Shut up it's too early for this" I mumbled. "What do you mean early? It's literally almost 5 pm" he replied. We were almost at our destination, I could see the land through the window. The water was so clear, I could almost see through it.

At the bottom of the ocean floor, there were many coral reefs of different colors. One coral reef standing out in particular. It was a tall one, with dark roots and a bright top.

Brown and orange.

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Dazai's POV

When we arrived on land, it was 6:03 pm. Right on time. "As you guys know, we are here for a mission. There has been a mass murderer roaming the streets of Yokohama. Most of its victims were found near the Ōoka River." Mori announced.

"It shouldn't be a big deal. You guys won't get hurt so we shouldn't send too many men, or else the killer might turn away. The night is the Port Mafia's, we need to claim it" he continued.

"For the mission, I was thinking Dazai and Chuuya, any objections?" Mori asked. "If you think that it's not a big deal, why bring all of us?" I questioned. "No reason" he smiled. Something is wrong. No, everything is fine. No, something is definitely wrong.

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At around 12am, the time which the 'mass murderer' usually commits its crimes, Chuuya and I started heading towards the Ōoka River. Dead bodies.

There were dead bodies that filled the whole river. Most of which were little children. It looked as if something has dragged them in. As I examined the marks on the bodies, there were different marks on each body.

As Chuuya was about to take a step closer, I jumped on him pushing him back. "Hey! what was that for you stupid mackerel" he shouted.

A creature emerged from the bloody waters, revealing a frog like body. It had the shape of a frog, expect it way bigger than a normal frog. It had human like webbed hands and a turtle like back. I suddenly realized what we were really dealing with.

River-boy, horse-puller, water-tiger, shapeshifter, physic possessor. Kappa, one that wasn't respected as a god. "What do we have here? Two more children? Want to join me in the water?" it laughed.

"Dazai what the actual fuck is that" Chuuya whispered. "My ability is completely useless here. It's Kappa, the ancient Japanese legend" I replied.

"So? What does it do?" he asked. "It can-" my words were interrupted by the sound of extreme laughter. "Little kids, always wandering too close to places they shouldn't be" it gestured to the river. "Well, I'll teach you two a little lesson" it cackled.

Before I had time to react, it turned into a gull and striked at me, right against my stomach. It was bad but not enough to make me back down.

It tried to do the same thing to Chuuya, which he easily caught with his gravity ability. "This is no fun, guess I'll have to do it the hard way" it smiled.

Shit. It's going to do it. I need to stop it but I can't do anything. 'It's not a big deal' fucking bullshit. I held a knife up to my throat.

"Chuuya, it can control minds, aim for the water. I'll leave the rest up to you..." I managed to get out before I took myself out by a pressure point in my throat.

Chuuya's POV

What is that idiot doing? Did he just kill himself? No, his chest is still rising, he's still breathing on the ground. "Your friend left you huh? Too bad, it's only half the fun with one person" it cooed.

I could feel my head hurting. It's starting it, the mind control. Knowing Dazai, he wouldn't leave me alone without a plan. The only thing is I don't know what the plan is. I'm losing more control now, my head feeling dizzy.

That's when it struck me. What to do. I need to rely on Dazai, trusting that he will wake up in time. "You can't manipulate a mind that doesn't exist" I chuckled. I began taking my black gloves off.

"Grantors of dark disgrace, you need not wake me again"

Red spirals began appearing around my arms, then my face. I jumped up in the sky, landing on a floating piece of the ground. I was shooting pieces of the ground everywhere, I'm doing this all for... wait what am I doing this for again?

Something is telling me that I just need to kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. All I see is red, everything is red. I lifted my hand up to create a big hole of mass, gravity, and pressure. I need to destroy something, someone.

There was a bird, that turned into a horse, tiger, lion, and then a dragon. I aimed the hole at the dragon. Again and again. Everytime I threw a hole of energy at it, it just shapeshifted into a new creature of some sort.

There was a depression on the top of its head, holding some water inside. This was already the fourth hole I made, this one was smaller than the others, a lot smaller.

I threw the hole right at the depression on top of the frog's head. All the water fell out, leaving a dead frog body and a puddle of water.

I felt like I had more energy than ever. This time, I threw a fifth, sixth, seventh, and I lost count. I need to destroy everything. The destruction can always be greater, better.

There was a person lying on the ground, that now got up. I need to kill him too, no I can't. But I need to, no one and nothing shall be spared. I walked towards him as I charged up my corruption, while he slowly also approached me.

Before I could throw the red hole of gravity at him, he grabbed my arm. I collapsed right then and there. He sat down on the ground while I was on my knees on top of him.

"Fuck... D-dazai I can't move at all.." I grunted. "Shh.. you've done enough today. Now get some sleep and relax" he whispered. He picked me up which I would usually be complaining about, I was just too tired to care and fell asleep in his arms.

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