You left... - Akuatsu

Chapter 3 - Confrontations and loyalties

"Ability, Rashoumon."

A streak of deadly looking black cloth misses him be inches. Atsushi laughs.

"So that's how you want to play. But, a warning. I don't start fights, I finish them." Atsushi looked up, staring straight at Akutagawa. He went white.

"J-Jinko?"

Atsushi scowled, "You lost the right to that name when you left me there. Now, do you want to play or not?"

"J-Jinko, please listen. I didn't want to leave you there, but Gin was going to die! I had to!"

"You could have at least told me. Told me where you were going. You lied to me that night, you said you were just getting some extra food for you sister. But no, you left. You left me behind, knowing what I'd go through! Every day for six years they tried to break me. They almost succeeded. Do you know what stopped them?"

"J-Jinko please-" Akutagawa had tears streaming down his face at this point.

"It was the thought of you. Every day for six years the only thing that stopped them from breaking me completely was the thought of returning to you the pain you inflicted on me. So, do you want to play, Aku?"

That was when they heard footsteps coming closer. Atsushi heard them and pinned a note to the wall with a spare dagger of his (Don't question, I just wanted him to have daggers) and left the alley. Akutagawa left a few seconds later, but he couldn't see Atsushi.

Dazai ran into the alley only to find two half dead agents and a note.

Like you, I left to find beauty. But unlike you, I find beauty in death, not life.