Illegal Life (Kaitou Joker Fanfic)

Part 8

Part 8 : The mini redhead

Roko huffed in tiredness. His throat ached and he don't know how long he can hold it anymore. He looked beside him, Queen was still had her sword gripped on tight, but he never fail to see the her trembling legs.

"Queen...," the white fur dog whined "...are you okay?"

He received a nodded from her, and few warning shouts from Spade about the incoming attacks toward the dog. Roko jumped, dodging the attacks of bullets. He growled at the one who launched the attack. He used his sonic cannon to fight back, unfortunately, before his cannon can hit anyone another enemy showed up in front and halt the attack with his shield.

Spade who witnessed the failed attack, gritted his teeth. 'Crap...how can we win this? Before our attacks could even touch them, there will be another ones showed up with their freaking shields...!' He shot at a nearby enemy, luckily this time he manage to frost one of them 'We didn't even enter the building yet, we're tired as heck.'

"Master Spade!" his assistant, Dark Eye called out. "We need to get out of here!"

"No! We can't! We didn't even see Joker yet!"

"Master Spade!" Dark Eye shocked her master by using a more rough voice. "We can't win right now!"

"He's right, Spade!" Silver Heart throw a card at one of the enemies, but like usual, the enemy blocked the attack with their shield. "We're running out of energy. We will lose any minute if we continue, Spade!"

The long blue hair thief clenched his fists, before shooting at one of the enemies. "####!!"

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Joker stares at the mini size ninja - who was sitting on top of Vernon's hand palm. "Uh...is this Hyakkimaru?"

"Few minutes ago you just asked why Hyakkimaru is a Lego doll size. Now you're asking is he Hyakkimaru?" Vernon intensely stares at the small redhead.

Hyakkimaru, one of the most awesome and cool ninjas in history - was currently a five inches size. He sat at the scientist's brother's palm without no complain. Joker didn't failed to see that the mini boy was fidgeting his fingers while sweatdrop.

"So umm...can anybody explain to me what the heck actually happen?"

"Oh I can, and I will," Veronica, who sat opposite them, growled.

"Why does she seem mad?" Joker whispered at Vernon.

The other only said "She is mad."

"Shut up! And quit whispering about Jackai! I want to complain right now!"

"Then, what actually happen?" the silver hair thief asked.

"Well, if you insist. Earlier, I somewhat felt sane. So I thought this might be a good time to rearrange my stuff," she pointed at her messy stuff and things at the back with her thumb. "Then, this guy come in with an excuse he thought he heard a loud clashing sound in here - WHICH IS RUDE, ARE YOU SAYING I DID EVERYTHING REALLY LOUD, REDHEAD?"

"He's right though," both Joker and Vernon said at the same time.

"Rude," she spatted. "Anyway, back to the story. I said to him WTF then just ignored him. He kinda looked over at all of my lovelies drinks (potions)," the scientist said, hugging all of her weird looking liquids with different colour. "Then, he took interest with my shrunk potion. He smelled it and said it smell just like chikuwa. Wanna guess what happen next?"

The silver hair boy gasped as he looked over at the redhead ninja. "You drink it?!"

This was totally shocking.

"No!" Hyakkimaru waved his hands in a defense position. "I just smelled it! But never dated to drink something weird looking. Even though it smell good...," he whispered the last part.

The ninja looked at the angry scientist "I'm sorry...," he bowed.

Veronica rubbed her temples. "You're really stupid, you know that? How can the hell you accidentally sprayed the f###ing bottle on yourself?"

"I'm sorry...," he bowed even lower.

"So he didn't drink it," Joker spoked.

She turned her gaze on him. "Yes, yes he doesn't. If he drink it, there might be chances that only his inner organs shrink. Since, we never knew if the potion ever reach the outside part of your body."

Hyakkimaru shivered. He almost drink that potion.

"Ah..."

"Anyway, what are you doing here, boy? Aren't you should be sleeping?" Veronica asked, changing the subject. She was upset because her first experiment subject wasn't Joker.

The boy's eyes widened. He almost forgot the reasons why he got there. "Ah yes! I've lots of questions for you, mad lady!"

The scientist smiles. She signaled her brother to leave them private space, which he followed. Vernon get out from the living room with the mini redhead - that still on his palm.

After making sure her brother was not nearby. She sat up from where she sit and walked toward the nearby wall. She leans her back at it and put her hands inside her coat's pockets.

"I'm guessing that one of your lots questions is why do I saved you?"

He nodded.

"As you already know, I'm a scientist (plus magician), not a murderer."

"So you're saying that this Plan X your boss are planning to do at me is dangerous and have chance of losing life?"

She nodded. "You're a smart boy, Joker. Other questions?"

"What is exactly this Plan X is?"

Her smile widened. "Wanna guess? I guessed your question, how about you guessed the answer? I give you a clue, it has something to do inside boss's heart."

"... Desperation."

"Oh?" she lifted a brow "Why?"

"Because...her eyes told me," his mind was suddenly occupied with someone's face, that someone's face had the same eyes as hers. "...I once saw the same eyes years ago."

"Well. You're correct, boy," she clapped her hands. "Anything else?"

"What is she desperate so much for?"

Veronica's smile turned into a smirked. She take her hands and crossed it on her chest. She gave the thief an amusement gaze. "I need to give you a direct answer for that. You wanna know?"

Joker without hesitation, nodded. He need to understand the situation and what the enemy want from him, to survive.

She pointed at her eyes. "Your eyes."