The Shinigamis

Chapter 5

As soon as we got back to the base we had told our boss how the mission went and what exactly happened on it. During the discussion her expression was solid. She listened to every word we said, to each of our battles, in order to assess the situation and the enemies combative strength. When we were all done explaining, Noire only spoke one word, or rather a name, "Najenda". This person obviously had some type of significance to our boss, but in what way?

"Go get cleaned up and rest for the remainder of the day. We'll discuss your next mission tomorrow. You all are dismissed." she had walked away slowly in deep thought.

While everyone dispersed in different directions Lye came up to me "Let's get you healed up" we walked towards Amano's room where we had put his body down to rest. "Sit there" She nodded her head towards the seat in the corner of the room then came over to pick up my leg in her hand. Her ball of light would go on to engulf my ligament and begin to lift it up into the air, moving quickly around it to the point where it wasn't visible by the eye.

"You know he'll be ok right?"

"Yeah."

I paused trying to figure out what to say. "Well are you ok?

"I'm fine Tanto."

"Well you don't seem to be." I started moving around anxiously when the teigu started burning my leg. "I'm always here if you need anything. I understa..."

"How could you possibly understand anything when you're usually apathetic. Trying to look cool like Mon and Eiko, by acting like nothing fazes you, but you're not" she waved her hand and her teigu disappeared. "You'd be one of the last people I go to for some understanding."

"Well," I got up "you're right" my footsteps filled the room as I walked towards the door. "Thanks for the leg."

Lye sighed. "Tanto, wait" but I had already left the room.

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"Where are we going?" Eiko, Mon, Sun, and I were hiking up a mountain known for its assortment of danger beast.

"You wanted to train so suddenly. So here we are." Mon held his hand out in a way of show casing the peak of the mountain.

"Well what are the rules of this little exercise?"

"We start ten feet apart, can't use imperial weapons abilities on each other, and also catch something for dinner."

"Got it" we all walked into four different directions in the instructed distance. When we got into our places the beasts started making their presence known; surrounding us in four small groups. "Ready!" We all gave a sign of preparation. "Go!"

Quickly I activated my teigu, The Crown, and made the group of monsters pass out asleep around me. My teigu was a thick gold band that goes around the head and its ability was hypnosis; able to induce sleep, control a persons will, manipulate memories and create false realities.

"Woah" I just barely back flipped out the way of a stream of darkness that curved by me. "using your abilities was against the rules."

She shrugged "Oopsie" Sun had her hair in two short curly pig-tails today, looking even more like a kid.

"Like I'm supposed to believe a trained assassin did that by accident."

She just laughed in response before coming after me and leaving a pile of monsters in her wake.