Black Swan Wonderland

Ikari

Halo Fifteen: Ikari:

"Thank you again, gentlemen," Kitano said. He looked at the shiny gun in the bag.

"You're welcome," Daichi said. Osamu bowed his head.

"How is Roc?" he asked.

"Fine," the therapist said. "We won't have any problems from him for a while. I even think that his obsession has passed." The men didn't speak. Kitano walked over to his shrine. He opened the bag and dropped the gun into the right slot. The altar shook for a few seconds before it went still.

"Excellent," Kitano said.

"We'll leave you to your work," Daichi said.

"Thank you," the therapist said. The younger men bowed and walked out of his office. Kitano smiled over his shrine. The tadpoles should be inheriting Emily's power shortly.

-10:00 a.m.-

Anzu walked up to the front door of apartment 318. How long had it been? Three years now? She felt like a bad friend. The blood tadpole looked up when the door opened a crack. A dull gray eye stared back at her. Anzu's heart sank when she saw her.

"Mizuki," she said. "Hey, how are you?" The other girl stared at her.

"It's me, Anzu," the blood tadpole said.

"I know," Mizuki said in a raspy voice. "Why are you here?" Her tone was low but full of accusation. Anzu shifted in place.

"I just came by to see you," she said.

"Why?" Mizuki asked. It hurt to see Anzu like this. Mizuki used to have a future as bright as hers. The blood tadpole lowered her head.

"I lost someone recently," she admitted. Mizuki didn't speak.

"Can I come in?" Anzu asked.

"No," she said. The blood tadpole frowned.

"I want to help you, Mizuki," she said. "Why won't you let me in?"

"Please leave," the other girl said. She shut the door before the tadpole girl could say a word. Anzu stood as she felt her heart breaking into little pieces. She tried to knock again but the door didn't open.

"Go away!" Mizuki shouted. Anzu lowered her hand. She heard one thought from Mizuki's mind as the door closed.

Traitor.

Despite all of this, Anzu couldn't give up on her.

Rocchi made his way back to Ikebukuro. Something felt off about this part of the city. Instinct told him to turn back around now. But he needed to avenge his men.

Suddenly, his phone rang. His first thought went back to Non. The gang leader would have to try and calm her down again.

"Hello?" he asked.

"Is this Rokujo?" a man's voice asked. Rokujo narrowed his eyes.

"Who is this?" he asked.

"My name's Yukio," he said. "My girl and I are supposed to meet up with you." Something clicked in the gangster's brain.

"Where are you right now?" he asked.

"We're near Sunshine60," a woman's voice said. "Have you gotten the coordinates yet?"

"Huh?" Rokujo asked.

"Did you get a text of numbers?" Yukio asked. The gang leader was about to say no when his phone buzzed.

"Hang on," he said. Rocchi checked his text. Sure enough, he had one new message. The gang leader opened the text. There was the text with the coordinates.