(Season 5, Episode 4)
I can't fathom who or how, but someone succeeded in killing Akutagawa. Higuchi was inconsolable, weeping beside the vacant casket. Gin maintained her composure throughout, yet it was evident she was close to crumbling, compelling me to spend the night at her residence.
The following night, we, the members of the Black Lizard, were summoned to an abandoned warehouse. There were no orders, only a text from Higuchi instructing us to show up. I anticipated she would express a desire not to be alone following the incident. How I wish that was how it actually went down.
I took a seat beside Michizou on a crate, resting my head on his shoulder.
After a brief delay, Higuchi made her entrance, striding through the door and launching herself at Gin. What the hell?!
The blonde sunk her teeth into the girls' flesh, as she yelped in pain. I was frozen in shock, leaving Hirotsu to try and hit her with his ability. He didn't miss; rather, Higuchi leapt back onto the railing with the agility of a spider.
Her eyes glowed red, fangs protruded from her mouth, and her skin was an eerie pale as she hissed in our direction. Oh, hell nah. That is not Higuchi!
Michizou and I gave each other a 'what the hell should we do' look. We'll blow our covers if we use our abilities.
*Crunch* Gin, who also had blood red eyes, latched her teeth into Hirotsu's shoulder. No... that bite must've turned her into-
"Old man/Hirotsu!" Michi and I shouted.
Without hesitation, Hirotsu used Falling Camilia, pushing Gin off of him. As we approached him, he was holding his reddened eye.
"Tachihara, (L/n), run! You have to get out of here while I'm still sane!" His palm glowed purple, as he repelled the two of us out of the building.
Michizou clung to me tightly as we both tumbled out the door.
A group of men with red eyes, all dressed in suits, approached us. Not even the outside is safe.
"No, it wasn't just them." I gasped and quickly grasped my boyfriend's hand. "Come on, we need to go!"
I don't get it. How did things go to hell this fast?
***
Michizou's hand lay atop mine while we sat in the meeting room with the other members of the Hunting Dogs. Despite my desire to be excited about our first gathering, I find it impossible. The events that befell my Mafia family heavily weighed on my mind.
"Tachihara, (Y/n), please fill us in on what happened," Jouno requested.
"Okay," he lowered his head. "But I don't know if I can explain it all."
"Yeah, it all happened so fast," I frowned.
"After I had returned to the Port Mafia, we were called to action," Michizou started. "But when we arrived, I saw Higuchi attack Gin. None of it made any sense to me. Hirotsu was the first to make a move... But that was no human he was fighting."
"We didn't want to use our abilities and blow our covers," I added. "But when I was thinking about that, Hirotsu was attacked."
"What we saw there was an indiscriminate act of terrorism."
"Using a contagious ability transferred through biting," Jouno summarized, before turning to the Vice-Captain. "What do you think, Okura?"
She flipped through the pages of our report, as she spoke. "Well, I doubt they're lying or hallucinating. There's evidence backing up the story. Many missing persons reports have been filed in the past few hours."
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Are We a Lie? (Michizou Tachihara x Reader)
FanfictionYou weren't even a year into your new job before your Captain decided to assign you with a life of death task: infiltrate the Port Mafia. From what you knew, you were the youngest Hunting Dog, since almost everyone else was much older. You got along...
