The Kyoto Vigilantes: The Beginning (Book 1)

Chapter 2

*3rd Person POV*

Dirk softly tabbed her foot with her arms crossed over her chest. She was in the biggest meeting room with both the Edo and Nagasaki Vigilantes, as well as Osaki. They were waiting for the rest of the Kyoto Vigilantes.

The room was quiet with no one wanting to say the first word. It was an uncomfortable and awkward silence. The older Vigilante groups were looking at both Dirk and Osaki. About fifteen minutes later, the rest of the Kyoto Vigilantes showed up.

Dirk stepped up. "My name is Dirk Tuma. I'm the leader of the Kyoto Vigilantes. I'm a kimono maker by day."

The Chinese woman stepped forward next. "I'm Xing Fu, Master's assistant."

A young man with short black hair and reddish-brown eyes stepped up slightly. "I'm Sadow. I also help Dirk."

The slightly older black haired man with dark eyes stepped forward. "I'm Kuno. I'm a constable."

The man that looked like Kuno but with lighter eyes stepped next to Kuno with a soft smile. "I'm Oishi, Kuno's older brother. I own a bookstore."

A man with blue hair that had bangs covering one eyes spoke up. "I'm Soga Yuko. I run a flower shop."

The man with long pink hair that was pulled in a ponytail smiled happily. "I'm Shiro. A tabloid writer."

Finally, a man with red hair and yellow eyes stepped up. "I'm Osaki Washi. My father is the owner of this merchant house."

The Edo Vigilantes were next to introduce themselves. The man with green hair and matching eye color spoke up, "I'm Kinshiro, leader of the Edo Vigilantes and the Magistrate of Edo's South Ward."

A woman with pink hair and brown eyes stepped up. "I'm Yui. I work at Kyokatei under Kinshiro."

A man with two shaded pink hair and dark pink eyes spoke up, "I'm Hotaka, Shiro's younger brother. I'm a kabuki actor."

A silver haired man with blue eyes crossed his arms as he said, "I'm Natsume, an owner of a rental bookshop."

A man with long brown hair and brown eyes stepped up. "I'm Wasaka," he smiled. "I'm a doctor."

A man with long purple hair smiled at the Kyoto Vigilantes. "I'm Sion, the second son of a merchant."

A man with fixed up blue hair and blue eyes said, "I'm Aoi. I work as a hairdresser."

A man with short hair but one long piece of bangs and red eyes finally spoke up, "My name is Soji, and I'm a constable."

Finally, the Nagasaki Vigilantes spoke up. The man with very long blue hair and blue eyes spoke up first, "My name is Makoto, and I'm the leader of the Nagasaki Vigilantes. I work as a painter and the owner of the Meiko Salon during the day."

A foreigner stepped up and spoke with a Dutch accent, "I'm Eduard. I work as an interpreter to the Dutch trading house."

A man with short silver hair, yellow eyes, and a scar on his cheek spoke, "I'm Shintaro. I run a dojo."

A woman with short blonde hair and purple eyes spoke up, "I'm Saori! I'm a worker at the Meiko Salon!"

A man with light purple eyes and yellow eyes said, "I'm Yuzuki, son of an imports shop owner."

A man with a mix dark green and light green hair, blue eyes, and dark skin stepped up, "I'm Ristu. I'm a tabloid writer."

A man with long red hair and blue eyes smiled. "I'm Ukyo! I'm a commissioner."

A man with blue hair and brown eyes spoke up, "I'm Asagi. I work as a priest."

The final one was a man with light blue hair and an eyepatch. "I'm...Kagura. I work at the...Meiko Salon...under Master."

*Dirk's POV*

As soon as everyone introduced themselves, I stood up as the leader and asked, "I don't think that all of you would come all the way from Edo and Nagasaki just to meet us. Why did you all really come here?"

"You are a smart one," Makoto said. "We'll get straight to business then. There's a Dutch man named Willem that is the enemy of the Edo Vigilantes and my brother, Toru, that is the enemy of the Nagasaki Vigilantes have both came to Kyoto."

"Willem is part of an organization named Red Rose, which are a bunch of assassins and smugglers. Toru wishes to take over the world and to change it," Kinshiro said.

"You think that they're up to something I'm guessing," I spoke up. I don't like that fact that Willem's name was brought up, and I know that showed because...

"Do you know Willem?" Eduard asked, noticing my discomfort.

"I'm probably not thinking about the same Willem, but I do know someone of that name," I explained. "What do they look like? We'll all keep an eye out of them as we go about our day."

Yui spoke up, "Willem is very pale with crystal blue eyes. He has very light blonde hair that goes half way down his back and part is pulled back into a ponytail. He wears a white suit with the over coat going almost to his ankles."

Shintaro spoke up this time. "Toru has light silver hair and blue eyes. He wears a fancy kimono with a black jacket over his shoulders. He has two swords at his side at all times. He is sometimes seen with a fox mask."

Xing spoke when they were done, "We have someone that you should watch for too. His name is Kido. He's a samurai with long green hair and green-yellow eyes. His personal goal is to take down the Kyoto Vigilantes, though we don't know if he has a reason or not."

"Kido is mostly seen with merchants, the most wealthy ones," Osaki said. "He seems he picks who he works for by how much money they have, though it appears that the merchants work for Kido instead of Kido working for the merchants."

"Also, be careful around the maid with light blue hair that works here. She's in love with Dirk, and she can tell something by the most simple things," Sadow said. "This is why we meet up in the back of the house/store. She isn't allowed to come back this far."

I smiled at all the vigilantes as I said, "Well, looks like we're all working together for the first time."