Atsushi's Little Sister

Chapter 4: The Tragedy of the Fatalist

Narumi's POV

"Take the weretiger and its sibling alive?" Atsushi repeated. "What are you after?"

"My target has always been you and you alone, weretiger. As well as your little sister." Akutagawa said, with his eyes closed and not looking at either of us just yet. I don't think he realized that I was Atsushi's sister yet. "Your fellow agents lying there just got caught in the crossfire."

"This is because of us?" Atsushi and I said together. I was quieter than Atsushi since I was still not fully 'awake.'

"Indeed," Akutagawa said. "That is your karma, weretiger. You will cause ill for everyone around you two, just by being alive." Atsushi and I gasped slightly. I shed a few tears.

"Our Karma?" Atsushi repeated.

"Ability: Rashoumon," Akutagawa said and activated his ability.

I woke up, panting and sweating. My throat hurt for a little bit and I realized I screamed. I held my head in my hands as I cried.

"This is all my fault!" I cried. "All this could have been prevented if I taught Atsushi how to control his ability when we were little! I could have kept him safe!" The door to the dorm then burst open, but I didn't move.

"Narumi! Narumi, are you all right?" I heard Dazai-sama say as he came over to me. I continued to cry, not lifting my head or moving. "Narumi... Please, tell me what's wrong."

"All this could have been avoided if I taught Atsushi how to control his ability as a kid," I said. "I could have prevented all this. I could have protected everyone."

"Narumi... there's nothing you could have done!" Dazai-sama and hugged me tightly. "You couldn't have known this would happen!" I continued to cry into my hands. After a few minutes of me crying, I finally stopped, but I wouldn't say a word. Throughout the time I was crying, I was talking to Atsushi, who was at the agency. I stood up and walked into the bathroom. I heard the dorm room open and close as I got ready.

*What are we going to do?* I asked Atsushi.

*I'm not sure, but one thing is for sure. We can't stay here and put the agency at risk.* He said. *There's been an explosion not too far from the office. I'm going to head over there and I want you to meet me there.*

*Okay.* I said and quickly got ready. I turned into a wolf pup and I ran through alleyways to the explosion site where Atsushi was without being seen. I turned back into a human and I walked over to Atsushi. I grabbed his hand as we made our way through the crowd to the front.

"I heard it's a massacre." A man said.

"Damn..." Another said.

"The military police say the Port Mafia's military squad did it..." A third man said.

"The Black Lizard group, the most violent of them all." The second man said.

"The Black Lizard?" a fourth man asked.

"They're as good as the special ops and merciless to boot." The second man said.

*The Port Mafia's Black Lizard...* Atsushi trailed off as he looked at the scene in front of us with me. *If they were to attack the Agency...* Atsushi and I then thought about it. A large group of men stormed into the office and started shooting everyone like crazy. I shuddered at the thought and gripped Atsushi's hand tighter.

*The worst-case scenario.* we said together. We quickly left the scene and walked to a park where we found a telephone booth. We stood in front of it and thought heavily about this.