The Princess and The Devil - Karma Akabane x OC

S I X T Y - S I X : THE KNIGHT

Normal's POV

Hime is in pain.

It's not like she doubts Karma's judgment when he gave precise orders to each team but anything can go wrong in a blink of an eye. These men are trained soldiers. They kill to protect but her uncle, Ichiro Fujisaki...

The man not only kill to protect but kill to make a point. And Hime doesn't want the point to be made. She doesn't want to lose anybody. She was supposed to go with Karma to save her brother and father but when Rio and Nagisa told her the kind of monster her uncle has became, she knew she had to follow Nagisa's team. Her hands shake as she presses onto the wound on her abdomen. She was about to take some pain killers when Karma gave them a green light. She quickly swallows a pill before entering the devil's den. Before, 'Save Koro-sensei squad' have agreed to stay on the low while Hime talks to her uncle. If that goes south – which she knows will – then Nagisa will alert Chiba and Hayami to shoot Ichiro while the rest – Nagisa, Rio and takebayashi will quickly go in, save Koro-sensei and Irina and leave.

It nerves Hime to no end when she steps into Ichiro's territory alone. Truth be told, she doesn't know what to expect but having Ichiro curl one of his tentacles around Koro-sensei's almost dead figure and Irina in the other is certainly not it.

"Run away, Hime." Irina chokes out before Ichiro slaps her across the face with his bare hands. The sound of the way his hand connected with her cheek was unusual and it was harder than usual. If Irina had resisted the blow, Ichiro might have killed her on the spot.

"Shut up, you stupid bitch." Ichiro growls as he tightens his hold around Irina. The latter coughs out as she wheezes to breathe. "Welcome." Ichiro's voice turns amicable when his signature green eyes scrutinizes Hime's features. He notes from the way she stands, to her skin tone that has gotten paler; probably due to the pain she still feels in her abdomen, and to her eyes that calculative and focused. "It's nice to see you again, Hime-chan. Asano-kun did a good job at finding you, didn't he?" The girl stays quiet as she stares straight into her uncle's eyes. Although the colour never fades and the owner never changed, it feels like it was the first time she sees those pair of eyes. They felt foreign and cold. "Tell me, Hime. Did you come to save your mother's murderers?"

"I came to save my family." Hime wasn't lying. Family goes beyond than just bonds tied by blood. It is also the bond she managed to form over the past few months of being in class 3E too.

"Save me? From what? The tentacles?" Ichiro chuckles dryly. "Hime, darling, I don't need saving. Have you seen me?" Ichiro's tentacles suddenly turn black as two more pairs erected from his nape. "I feel like God, Hime."

"A god? Do you really feel like God, ojii-san? After you couldn't save my mother or me?" Ichiro was caught off guard when Hime challenged him like that. "You keep blaming Koro-sensei and Irina-sensei for killing my mother but have you ever thought that if you had been stronger, you would have been able to save my mother."

What do you want to be? Ichiro hears his voice again. The voice of the tentacles. "Shut up!" he growls as his heart beat accelerates and his mind goes blank for a second for all he can hear is the voice of his sister.

Why couldn't you rescue me, Ichiro? Ichiro Fujisaki has been dealing with hallucinations of his sister ever since he has the tentacles. At first it was comforting. But when little things trigger him, that's when it gets worse. He feels his sanity slipping each day and it was terrifying. Ichiro, you love me, don't you? Shiragiku's bloody hands are gripping his limbs as she pulls him to the ground. "Nee-san, please stop."

Hime didn't know what is wrong with her uncle but it seems that he has loosen hs grip around Irina. Rio and Kaede jumps out from the bushes and had quickly retrieve Irina. The blonde assassin is limp as she coughs out blood. Her body isnt in a favourable condition but takes in large gasps of air after being denied for so long.