Black and White, mirror images [ON HOLD]

07 -Red Puppet

chap 7

"We have a plain stage here and so, let us properly introduce the players! Over here we have the Red Puppet. A puppet master who specialises in the art of deception. Then we have the unknown twins, Kuro and Shiro. How interesting." Torikku announces.

"Now who will win in this hundred dollar match? The twins or Red Puppet? Shall we start?"

Shiro stood up just that little bit straighter as her long sleeves concealed her tiny hands while a tiny innocent smile creeped up her face. Kuro leant forward as if prepared to get out of the way of something.

"Onii-chan, don't stop me. Shiro wants to play so let Shiro play."

"I got it. I'll let you play. Have fun, Shiro."

"Yes,onii-chan!"

"Don't get so full of yourselves newbies. I've been in here much longer than you all. Calling a death match with me will be your undoing."

"Is that so? Shall we see about that?"

"Match start!" Torikku blasted into the mikes.

In a flash,Kuro was gone or rather, standing behind his sister while she on the other hand only smiled with greater glee.

Red puppet only removed the bundle on his back and revealed a figure clothed in the same deep red as himself.

"Ne, Shiro has been wondering but why is your cloak red?" Shiro tilted her head as her voice grew curious.

"Hey! I was asking you a question! You can't just attack Shiro like that! Is your cloak red because you wanted to imitate red riding hood? Shiro thinks she was stupid!"

"Shut up! Why don't you start taking this seriously or you'll really die!"

"Eh? Wouldn't that be you? All you've been doing is attacking Shiro? You can't hit Shiro. Hmm...Shiro is getting bored. Shiro will attack you now! It's not fair if you're the only one attacking!"

The dodging little girl leant forward before disappearing into thin air and reappearing behind the Red Puppet with a knife in front of his neck.

"Shiro really thinks you're getting boring. Why don't you stop using the puppets already? Red Puppet?"

She plunged the knife down his chest as the clear splitting of wood was heard.

"Fantastic, you are one of the few to actually figure out that was a puppet." What was thought to be a puppet revealed itself to be a human.

"It would be a pity to kill you." With that he retracted his hands and the wooden figure leaped up at Shiro with blades springing up from different compartments.

"Oh! That almost hit Shiro! You finally revealed yourself! It was getting boring to play with puppets. I'm glad I didn't have to rip you out of the second puppet."

Behind her, Kuro's face darkened into an intense mask of hatred and a promise of a slow and torturous death to anyone who hurt his sister.

The Red Puppet suddenly didn't feel so confident. The girl was smart for her young age and incredibly talented. If the girl was that way then what about the brother who hadn't even revealed his weapon yet.

Red Puppet then slammed his puppet into where Shiro was but no matter how much he chased, Shiro was faster and showed no signs of slowing down.

Then she lifted up her hand in a slow motion while in the air and brought it down in a single sweep. A series of knives rained down all aiming for Red Puppet. Barely saving himself, he pulled his discarded puppet he was hiding in to protect himself. The knives seemed to have a mind of their own as some still managed to embed themselves in his flesh.

"Gah!"

"Ne,mister. I figured out why your cloak is red! It's to hide the blood when your bleeding right? Shiro figured it out! Onii-chan! Shiro is happy! This person was fun to play with! Haha!" The giggles erupting from the girl was so innocent, it was a complete opposite of the situation of the Red Puppet.

"Shiro."

"Hmm,onii-chan?" The girl ran towards her brother as he leant down and petted her head.

"Good job."

Giggling,she said "This person was fun! But Shiro's not interested anymore. He became boring when he stopped moving. Shiro wants to eat some candy! Can we go and get some?"

"Yes, we can. This match is over."

The twins walked out of stage thirteen, away from the stained stage, leaving the world speechless.

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I'm getting really attached to my characters...

Pingu out~