"Why Won't You Hate Me...?"

Prologue: "Mission Starts Now"

I walk down the stairs leading to The Great Tsaritsa's palace. I haven't been called down into the head of Fatui's palace before. I wonder why she needs me.

As I walk down into her palace, I see her sitting down on a throne two times her size.

"You called." I mutter softly but loud enough for her to hear. I stand waiting in anticipation for the head of the Fatui to speak.

"You must be Kunikuzushi. Am I right?" Tsaritsa asks me with a smirk on her face.

"I don't go by that anymore. Just call me Scara." I try to state casually but I was really nervous on the inside.

"Scaramouche it is!" Tsaritsa chuckles softly.

I look at her with a confused look on my face. Scaramouche? Where did the "mouche" come from.

I shouldn't ask though. She is way higher than me in status rank anyways. What ever she says, I'll go with.

"What did you call me in here for. I'm sure it wasn't to ask me my name." I tilt my head wondering why she called me here.

"Oh yes, that's right. I have a mission for you Scaramouche. All new Fatui members have to go through some sort of mission to show they belong here."

This is all getting me confused. Why was I never informed about some sort of mission sooner? Whatever, let's just get this all done and over with.

"What's the mission?" I ask her. I hope it's something easy. I don't wanna get my hands dirty this early in my Fatui years.

"Nothing major. You only have to choose a girl of your choice to kill and bring her head to me." Tsaritsa smiles like this isn't a REALLY big deal.

Did she just say, kill a girl of my choice and bring her the girls head...? KILL A GIRL OF MY CHOICE?! KILL?! THIS IS A REALLY BIG AND MAJOR! WHO JUST ASKS FOR A GIRLS HEAD?

"W-what? W-why do you need a girls head...?"

"It proves your worthy enough to do anything if I ask you to."

I wanna do anything except that. This is just so messed up... Me? Kill a girl? That isn't right at all. But if it means I can be a respected part of the Fatui...

"I'll do it. Any girl of my choice right? Do I kill her right when I see h-" I ask eagerly since this is my chance to maybe become one of the higher ups.

"Woah, woah there. Slow down now. Just killing a girl you find on the street is way to easy y'know. You need to befriend the girl. Gain the trust of the girl." Tsaritsa cuts me off.

Befriend the girl? It's like killing a friend then. It's all to become respected. I can just fake my friendship with them and pretend we're friends the whole time.

"Oh yeah, you have a time limit. Seven years from now, I need to have her head. When I say befriend her, I need you to be friends with the girl for six and a half years. For the last 6 months, you can choose the day you want to kill her."

"But, you do have to do it before July 29th that year. If you do not complete this mission by that day, we will execute you and I'll have your head instead." Tsaritsa adds on calmly.

Huh? M-my head? Seven years? Befriend her? What the hell is the Fatui! Isn't supposed to be some mere harmless gang! Their leader is crazy!

"What if I leave the Fatui right now. Do I no longer have to do the mission." I ask, hoping for a yes.

"You can't leave. Not yet that is. After you complete the mission, then you can leave the Fatui whenever you want. You have to finish this mission to leave though." Tsaritsa responded again sounding very calm about all this.

What type of out for blood gang leader is she. What does she do with all the heads she got from older Fatui members. I have no choice but to listen to her.

"O-Ok. I'll do it. I'll make sure you have her head by the next seven years." I try to put on a smile but all this murder talk made me very uncomfortable.

"Good. Now leave me palace and get started. Your mission starts now." She smiles wide but in a creepy way.

I start to walk out the palace with an uneasy feeling inside. I was really gonna do this. Kill a girl in cold blood. First I gotta find the girl I'll choose first.

(Two days later)

It's been two days already. I haven't found a girl to be my target yet. It's only been two days but that's two days closer to my time limit.

I roam the streets of my town looking around. I see many girls but their either too young or too old.

I walk with my head down. I was in baggy clothes just thinking,

"I need to find a girl and fast. If I need to be friends with them for six and a half years. I need to find them asap."

As I was looking down, my head hits someone in front of me who also had their head down.

"Watch where you're going you-" I yell but I get cut off by the girl.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I wasn't trying to hit you I just was walking and out heads bumped and-" the girls stops talking when she looked up. I looked up to and saw an older woman.

The girl in front of me completely froze and stopped talking. She was stuck in that same position. Just looking up at that lady.

"Help him up. Now Y/N!" The older woman ordered. She even scared me a little.

"Yes ma'am! Again, I'm so sorry I hit you!" The girl stuck out her hand to help me up. I grab her hand and I stand up.

When I stand up, we lock eyes for a moment. As I locked eyes with her, I could tell how much pain she felt inside. She looked around my age too.

She was the perfect target...