A Lovely Shade of Red ~ Mikoto Suoh

Chapter 10

                        Fang's POV

                The next day I returned to Gidgets. We once again the three of us gathered in the living room. Gidget had prepared tea for us to drink, as we talked about any information we might have found.

        "Well Fang did you get any info?" Gidget asked curiously, "You took off so fast yesterday I didn't get the chance to ask you where you were going?"

        "I went to talk with Reisi," I replied, "no I have gotten no information at the moment, but I do have someone helping me. He's just a tad weird though."

        "Wait Reisi won't help?" Tilly questioned.

        "No," I sighed, "he can't give me any information on the group that killed Harmony."

        "I'm sorry Fang," Tilly mumbled looking down at her tea.

        "It's whatever at the moment. What about you Gidget?" I asked, "Did you find anything?"

        "It seems like every time I find a lead, its nothing. It's as if it disappears into thin air or someone is hiding it," she began, "Fang maybe we shouldn't continue this investigation. There's a possibility we are going to get ourselves into trouble if we do continue to search."

                Shouldn't continue? Did she really just say that to me? I could feel my blood boiling from what she had to say. I took a deep breath trying to calm myself before I responded.

        "Are you serious right now?" I asked.

        "Yes Fang," Gidget replied, "I am. It's obvious that someone doesn't want us to find information on the gang."

        "Your full of shit," I snapped, "if you don't want to do it just say so."

                Gidget sat back in her seat glaring at me. She wasn't happy that I snapped at her. To be completely honest I don't care at the moment.

        "Fang, I can tell when something is being tampered with. This is it. We can't keep digging into this. I don't know what'll be on the other side of all this. At this rate I don't want to find out. It's not going to be pretty. If this isn't the gang at work, it's someone who doesn't want them messed with. They clearly have enough reach to change all the information out there. I'm scared Fang."

        "Well I guess I'm on my own," I replied getting up from the sofa.

        "Fang you need to calm down," Tilly said sternly, "we know you're upset but Gidget's got a point and she's not the only one scared at the moment Fang, I am too. Anything can happen if we keep messing around."

        "You have got to be kidding me," I snarled, "you guys are scared? Harmony and I had guns pointed to our heads. They picked by eeny meeny miny moe. I tried to jump in front of her before they pulled the goddamn trigger. I couldn't because I was being tackled by a bunch of men. That shit was terrifying."

        "Fang that your own damn fault," Tilly snapped back, "it's because you were dating Mikoto at the time and you knew trouble always followed him."

        "I can't believe you guys," I muttered, "I'll see ya around."

                With that being said I took my leave. As I continued walking down the street, I pulled out my phone and called Fushimi.

        "Hello," Fushimi greeted with no emotion.

        "When can I get information?" I asked.

        "Hn. I knew you'd be calling soon," he replied meet me at the Starlight coffee shop."

                Before I could say anything he hung up. The name of the cafe reminded me of something but I couldn't place it. I quickly picked up my speed and made my way to the cafe. Hopefully he's got some useful information for me.

                As I got closer to the cafe I realized why it was so familiar. The cafe was just down the street from where the gang jumped Harmony and me. We passed it before everything happened. Harmony said we should stop by it on our way back home. Was this his way of telling me he had actual information?

                Walking into the cafe I was able to easily spot Fushimi. His face isn't hard to distinguish. The cafe was definitely the one i was thinking of. The warm sun reflected off the awning of the cafe. It was a nice day for early fall. The reflected sun warmed my face on the cold day. There was a light breeze keeping me from getting too warm either. It was by all means a perfect day. Except I had to see Fushimi's sinister smile. I took a seat across from him and waited for him to start talking. He was wearing his normal Scepter 4 uniform. His hair was a mess like last time. It was kinda hard to believe he was actually one of them.

        "Lovely day isn't it?" He questioned looking out the window. There was just a faint smile on his face.

                It may have been a nice day but was he really trying to stall me right now?

        "Are you really going to hold off on giving me information?" I asked tapping my nails in the table.

        "Well someone's impatient," he said smirking.

        "What can I say it's one of my fault," I sighed looking out the window, avoiding all eye contact.

        "One of their suspected members lives fairly close to you," Fushimi began, "he's been spotted at hot spots for gang activity multiple times"

                He pulled out an envelope from his jacket and slid it across to me. As I reached for it he grabbed my hand.

        "This is all the information you get for now. Do as you please with it but do some research because you'll regret it if you don't," Fushimi added.

        "This isn't free information, Fang." His eyes narrowed as his grip on my hand tightened.

        "I expect something in exchange for this soon. I'll ask for something simple and easy this time. Misaki has always been a pain in my ass. I feel like you'll discover something useful as well if you find out what he's up to," Fushimi said while smirking.

                I nodded my head as I grabbed the envelope and put it in my purse.

        "Thanks," I replied getting up and heading towards the door.

        "Oh Fang," Fushimi called out causing me to turn and face him, "you're precious Red King probably knows by now that we are working together."

        "What do you mean?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

        "You should check your tail."

                I gave him a questioning look.

        "My tail? What do you mean"? I said while looking around. I didn't see anything.

                        Yata's POV

                I sat there in the tree waiting for this woman to leave her friends house. She only stayed for about fifteen minutes before she came out. She looked pissed. As she started walking off she pulled out her phone. While she was distracted I jumped down and hopped on my skateboard. I skated over to the opposite side of the road and followed close by.

                When she stopped at a coffee shop, I went across and stood in the window to see what she was doing. I watched as she approached a table. I couldn't really see if she was meeting someone there until she sat down.

                That's when I saw him. Looks like Fang is working with that stupid Money. Mr. Mikoto isn't going to like this. As I was about to leave I saw the monkey smirk and look directly at me. I frowned flipping him off. I quickly took my leave to report back to Mr. Mikoto.