Criminal Masterminds | Ikemen Sengoku x Reader [Crimelord AU]

Chapter 3: Uninvited Visitors

Warnings: language and a little violence!

"Am I supposed to know who that is?" She gulped, eyeing the five men in the room before her eyes rested to the figure that had presented himself as 'Nobunaga Oda'. He stood with an authoritative stance -- despite the grin he wore on his face as he kept his eyes fixated on her.

"Most people wouldn't but I'm surprised someone from your line of work hasn't even heard the name." He chuckled, a small smirk finding its way on his face.

"What do you want?" She asked, tensing immediately as she felt a firm hand grasp her shoulder and pull her back in the chair. The girl winced slightly from the action.

"Easy Hideyoshi, we want to make a deal remember?" Nobunaga's eyes averted to the man keeping me back in my seat.

"We need your alliance," The leader turned his attention back to her.

"What do you mean?" She asked, clenching her jaw as she hid her emotions behind her cold and expressionless mask.

*****

Ieyasu inspected the screen, eyes narrowing at it. He humphed, frowning as he saw other heat signals, some other than his allies and the girl in her house. He pulled his phone out, calling Nobunaga.

"You have company," he informed.

"Okay, come in here so we're ready. They might know you're alone in there, we don't want you as a liability."

"Okay, I'm heading in,"

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The men hid behind counter tops, couches, tables. Some were bent over, morphing in the shadows as others peered through the windows.

The girl was in a small corner, behind the man known as 'Hideyoshi'. Her hands were still tightly bounded together behind her back, cloth in her mouth and tape over her lips.

Her breathing was silent but her heartbeat was racing. She could easily undo her cuffs but she was too afraid of what these men could do to her - as well as the other unexpected visitors that had shown up at the house.

"How many heat signals did you see?" Nobunaga asked from his crouched position, gun in hand.

"Four heat signals, but they were dispersed." The blond man whispered. The girl swore she heard footsteps in the woods as the leaves crunched under their feet and the floorboard creaking.

They must think I am sleeping and alone

The girl thought, tensing immediately as she heard the small click from the lock, followed by the sliding of the glass door.

As soon as two figures drifted inside, Masamune slapped the gun out of the person's hand and pinned him to the ground. The white-haired man did the same, slamming the man's face against the wall and keeping his arms behind his back.

"Nobody move!" Nobunaga ordered as he spotted two other figures entering the back door.

They raised their hands in the air, seeing their associates held at gunpoint.

"Now, now, no need to get violent this very instant," The buffest of the four figures tried to ease the tension. One of the men flicked the light switch. The girl's eyes tried to adjust to the light and see what the now-heated argument that had started was about.

"You!" Another blondish, white haired man with what seemed like two different coloured eyes sneered.

"Kenshin," Nobunaga sneered. The Oda forces held their guns up to each of their enemies faces.

"Woah, woah, I'm sure we're all here for the same reason" a tall man with glasses also tried to calm the thick atmosphere in the house. This time, however, he seemed to have made more progress.

"Why are you here?" The leader of the Oda forces asked, nodding to 'Kenshin'.

"For the woman," He gestured to (Y/N). Hideyoshi stepped in front of her protectively.

"We were here first," Masamune's eye narrowed.

"Let's talk about this gentleman, we both need her, wouldn't we be stronger, acting together and fighting a common enemy?" The broad shouldered-man spoke up again.

There was a silence.

"And that is no way to treat a beautiful woman!" He suddenly turned his gaze to the girl who was still on the floor. The man walked up to him before Hideyoshi pulled a sword out -- that the girl hadn't realised he had previously.

"Stay back." He warned.

"You're right, it's not the way to treat a beautiful woman, but you interrupted us, so please remove yourself," Nobunaga asked in a calm voice, marching up to the girl and picking her off the ground.

She squirmed a little as he carried her bridal style to her bedroom.

"Make sure none of them enter," He ordered as he shut the door closed behind them.

She huffed as she was dropped on the bed, grunting and glaring up at him.

"Don't give me that face sweetheart, I'm sorry I had to be so rough with you so soon!" He chuckled, pulling the tape off her lips as she spat the rag out. Her glare was hard on him, eyes piercing through him like daggers.

"I asked this before and I'll ask you again, why the fuck are you here?" She spat, not caring less about the situation she is in.

"Yeah, about that," He sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he sat on the other side of her bed. His eyes averted to something on the floor. The girl watched him as he leaned down to pick up the handkerchief.

"Shit!" He cursed, pulling away from it as he stood up from the bed and kneeled beside it, scanning at something under the bed, "There you are!" He grunted, forcefully pulling whatever was under the bed. A loud hiss could be heard, followed by a strangled mewl.

(Y/N)'s eyes widened immediately.

"No! Stop, please!" She squirming to get the cuffs off.

"I knew this kitty cat was somewhere," He huffed, letting the furball fall on the bed. It scurried to the girl, jumping in her lap before turning back to the strange man and hissing again.

She pulled the small animal in her arms, hugging it and keeping it close to her chest as she felt it's distress.

The girl gulped as Nobunaga sucked his thumb to stop the bleeding.

"I want answers, now!" She mustered the courage to speak.

"Yes," He grinned, sitting back down on the bed and laying comfortably, "ask away!"

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