𝟏𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒 .

(thirty-one)ₖᵢₛₕᵢbₑ

story by Queenof_Curses on a03

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Summary:

Captain Kishibe is right, you'll never be strong enough to kill the Devil that murdered your family. You need to sign a Contract with a Devil fast, but you don't know any that are willing.

Good thing Captain Kishibe is more than willing to help you out, for a price...

--or--

Captain Kishibe wants to make you strong, but he also wants to make you his.

Notes:

I am so excited for animated Kishibe... I'm already drooling.

Thanks for reading!

"Decent work today, thanks to me. You'd be dead if I weren't here, Kid..."

The older man sighs before taking a swig from his flask.

Whiskey, probably... you thought.

He was right though. If Kishibe weren't there to check up on you during your mission, that Devil probably would've killed you. His next words pull you from your self-reflections,

"If you had train as I taught you, you wouldn't be in a mess on every fucking mission." He comments. "You have to take my advice, or you'll never see your next birthday."

Captain or not, the old man always seemed to pester you about not having any deals yet with a Devil. Your training up to this point with Kishibe has strictly been physical and strategic, and you were starting to feel the consequences of it all.

You joined Public Safety shortly after your family had been killed by a top Devil, being placed in Tokyo's Special Division 4, under Captain Kishibe because of your smart and quick thinking. Now though, you wonder if that was a mistake...

You didn't want to sell a part of yourself to a disgusting Devil, but how do you expect to get any stronger? Maybe the Captain was right after all...

Taking a moment to think it out, you finally decide to take a stance. You have to lose some, to win some- right?

You look up at Kishibe, his eyes slightly hooded and glossy (a state he was always in due to the job + alcohol), waiting for your response.

"I'll do it." you firmly decided.

He looks at you confused and you roll your eyes.

"Do what?" He asks.

"I'll make a contract with a Devil... to get stronger. To kill the one responsible for my family's murder." You announce it to him.

You sounded so sure of yourself, a tone that Kishibe realized he hadn't ever heard from you before. It perked him up a bit from his clouded mind.

He was quite proud, then, seeing you so confident. It was so different from the first day he took you into his division. He knew you were going to be great. But you should know- it wasn't going to be easy.

"Alright," he says. "And who do you plan on making a deal with?"

*Silence*

You look at him and think about all the Devils you know that would sign a contract with you... coming up empty. They were all dead!

The old man laughs out loud at that, "You don't even know any one?!" he asks, incredulous.

"Uhhh... no..." is all you could respond with.