Classified: Hiding Behind A Mask

P r o l o g u e

"Miss Ryuko, here's the report from Miyazaki-sama," a woman said, walking into the office of her boss. Ryuko looked up, and took the report from her hands.

"Could you call Miyazaki-sama in?" Ryuko said, her voice dangerously soft, "I need a word with her." Her secretary bowed slightly and left the room, coming back a few minutes later with another person.

"You needed to see me, Miss Ryuko?" Miyazawa said, her arms crossed, "Is this about my report?"

"You're excused, Hanako," she said. Her secretary left, and closed the door, leaving Ryuko alone with Miyazaki. "Your report, yes." She said, her eyes scanning over it, "It's messy. There's no flow and it seems like something a thirteen year old would write."

"I don't see any problem with that," Miyazaki retorted, "I believe that I did exactly what you wanted."

"Well, you didn't," Ryuko snapped, "I want this report to be redone by Friday. And I expect it neat."

"You're just too strict about this," the girl sighed, "You can't make me redo it. It's free will, heard of it?" Ryuko's anger boiled over and she rushed at Miyazaki, pulling out a knife from her pocket and cutting off her thumb. She cried out and clutched her hand in agony.

"I want it redone." Ryuko said simply, "I need it done before Friday, and I need it neat, Miyazaki. Understood?" Miyazaki looked up, her teeth gritted and a glare evident in her eyes.

"You can't make me, Ryuko. You may as well stop trying," she said, "The pain is nothing. And you wouldn't want-" She was cut off by another scream, as her boss grabbed her arm and cut off her hand. Ryuko glared back, and twirled the knife between her fingers.

"Had enough yet?" She hissed, grabbing her arm and shoving her down on the desk, "Or are you going to make yourself suffer much more?" All Ryuko received was another glare from Miyazaki. Ryuko held the knife and slowly slid the blade across Miyazaki's wrist. She listened to her screams ring out through her ears, but she remained unaffected. Her emotions were hidden away, as if nothing mattered but punishing her employee.

Ryuko threw the knife aside, grabbing a pair of scissors instead. She sliced at her employee's throat, effectively cutting off her flow of air. But she didn't just stop there. Within a few minutes, what remained of Miyazaki was a disembodied pile of flesh and blood splattered all over Ryuko and the desk. She looked at the scissors and pulled a cloth out of the drawer, cleaning the blood off of the blades.

"It's not a big mess. I can clean something like this," she murmured, wiping up the blood all over her desk, "Should've been much cleaner with this." She looked over at the remains and sighed, bringing the ripped flesh and burying it under the trash in her trashcan. "Why did I do this in the first place...it's too big of a mess," Ryuko said to herself, "Thank goodness blood is so easy to clean."

"Miss Ryuko!" A voice said from behind the door, "May I come in?"

"Come in!" She yelled. The door opened to a tall boy carrying a stack of folders and some papers. "Nice to see you this morning, Soka-kun," Ryuko said, "Is there something you need?"

"I was going to turn in these reports from the team," Hisoka said, giving her the folders and papers, "I made sure that all of these were all top-notch quality." She looked through all of the folders, reading through the reports carefully.

"These are good. Thank you, Soka-kun," she said. He bowed and suddenly became aware of the blood stains on her outfit.

"Ryu-chan, what happened to you?" He asked, incredulous, "You have blood all over you! Did something happen in here?" He looked behind her and his eyes widened. "Is that a knife?!" He said, "Ryuko, what's going on?" Ryuko sighed and walked over, closing the door.

"Soka, I killed someone," she said, stiffening up, "Don't tell anyone. Please, I'm begging you." He looked at her, shocked.

"You killed someone?!" He asked, "Why would you do that? Ryuko, this is serious!"

"Soka-" she started to say, reaching to touch his shoulder, but he slapped her hand away. "N-no...wait," she said, walking closer to him, "Soka-"

"You monster!" He yelled, "Do you know what you just did, Ryuko?!" She stepped away, taken aback from his words. "This is madness..." He murmured, "I can't believe it...I need to tell the police..." He pilled out his phone and started dialing the number. "Uh, yes, officer, please make your way to the Mirai Industries building. There's been an incident involving Miss Ryuko," he said.

"Soka-kun," Ryuko murmured, "I can't believe it..." She went around him, grabbing the knife and then rushing at him, knocking the phone out of his hands.

"Hey-" Hisoka starting to say, but she covered his mouth with her free hand. He squirmed, desperately trying to reach his phone, but Ryuko crushed it under her shoe, disconnecting the call.

"I thought I said not to tell anyone, Soka-kun," She growled, pressing the blade by his throat, "Didn't I say that?" She slit his throat and he went limp, falling to the floor. "Traitor," she said, spitting in disgust, "I thought I could trust you." She dragged his body over to the window, dropping he and the knife down to the sidewalk.

"Cleaner, quicker kills. There's another thing I'll work on," Ryuko sighed.

***

Rumors of the Mirai Industries CEO killing two of her employees have been confirmed! The CEO has recently came out to this, stating that she did indeed kill Yuki Miyazaki and Hisoka Sakagami, and that her company is indeed disbanding because of this...

"So...you're the former CEO of Mirai Industries, correct?" Mr. Takashi asked. Ryuko nodded.

"Yes. Is there anything of any safety concerns or anything like that?" She said, "I understand that I did kill two of my employees, and I'm sure you don't want any of these students to get hurt."

"Could you tell me exactly why you killed them?" He asked. She nodded.

"I expect total neatness when it comes to work. Miyazaki-sama refused to redo her report, and she was being very defiant and rebellious about it. I was at my boiling point, so I killed her," she said nonchalantly, "Soka-kun...he called the police. I had to kill him too."

"Ah. So you're a neat freak." He said, "Mirai Industries was very lucky to have top-notch work coming out. With you in charge, I could see how they did so well."

"Yes. Yes, that's exactly how we always had top notch work," she said, "I believe that I can help this school prosper if you would let me be a teacher here." Takashi thought for a moment.

"Are you sure no one will get hurt this time?" He asked.

"I make no promises," she said, "But I will make sure that the students don't get hurt."

"I trust you. Expect a call in a few days," he said, "It's very nice to meet you, Miss Morishita."

"And I you, Mr. Takashi. I'll be on my way now."