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You'll know about what happen to that man in this chapter :grin:
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Thanks to all the silent reader, thank you clickers, and the comments.
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And for all of you who wondering what happen to that man... you'll see what happen in this chapter. This chapter also contains a bit of Jurina's past.
Also, I forgot to mention, but Jurina is 23 years old in this fic.
Hereby, I present you all..
Chapter 6
“No… don’t… don’t…” cried Jurina while clutching the bed sheets tightly. She was tossing around her bed. Tears streaked down her cheeks.
Mariko woke up with a startle because of Jurina’s cry. She immediately got out from her bed then walked towards the younger woman’s. She crouched down beside Jurina’s bed then reached out to shake her shoulder, trying to wake her up. “Jurina… Jurina… wake up…“
“No… please… please… let me go,” sobbed Jurina.
“Jurina… Jurina… wake up… it’s just a dream. It’s okay. You’re okay,” spoke Mariko softly while moving her hand to caress Jurina’s head gently. Even though the room’s temperature was cool, but Jurina’s body was drenched in cold sweat. Suddenly Jurina opened her eyes then jerked up from the bed while breathing heavily. She seemed in a trance with tears still visible in her eyes. Mariko stood up then sat in front of Jurina slowly, careful not to startle her. Jurina’s gaze was empty and her expression was unreadable.
“Jurina… Jurina…” called Mariko softly.
Mariko’s voice pulled Jurina out of her trance. She blinks rapidly before her eyes finally focused on Mariko who was sitting in front of her. Concern was visible in the older woman’s gaze.
“Hey… are you okay?” asked Mariko softly.
“I’m okay,” replied Jurina. But her voice didn’t sound very convincing. She inhaled deeply to calm her breathing then said again, with more convincing voice, “I’m okay.”
Mariko stared at Jurina’s face worriedly. “Are you sure?” Her voice was full of concern.
“Yes. It’s okay. I’m okay. Sorry for waking you up, again.” Jurina forced a smile to Mariko. It had been the third time for that week Jurina woke Mariko up with her nightmare. The older woman felt helpless. Jurina’s past was something she could never comprehend. She couldn’t imagine the pain she had been through as a kid. There’s nothing she could do besides stay with the younger woman until she calmed down.
Mariko pondered for a bit before decided to speak again, “I think it’s already stop.” Jurina looked at her questioningly. “Your nightmare,” added Mariko.
Jurina chuckled slightly, “No. It never stopped. Well, it did stop when I was with Rena-chan, but ever since I left her, it has started again.” She ran her hand through her hair in frustration then added bitterly, “I guess I’ll never move on from my past.”
Mariko looked at her sadly, but said nothing. After some time, she patted the younger woman’s head softly. “Go back to sleep. We have works to do later.” Jurina nodded weakly before lying down on her bed. Mariko stayed beside her, waiting for her to fall asleep when suddenly the memories of their first meeting came back to her.
Flashback
12 years ago
23 years old Shinoda Mariko, one of the best assassins in the world, was hired by a rich businessman to kill a drug lord and all of his guards whose responsible for the businessman’s only child’s death. So now here she was, sitting in her car that was parked on the roadside while keeping her eyes on the drug lord’s mansion in front of her, as if waiting for something to happen at that mansion. Once in a while she would glance at her watch then looked back at the mansion. Suddenly all of the lights in the mansion died. Seeing what happen, Mariko immediately got out from her car then walked towards the mansion, a Glock with silencer in hands. She was wearing a night vision goggles to help her looked in the dark. After she got inside the mansion, she immediately killed all of the guards before proceeding to look for the owner of the mansion, her main target. When she got to the 2nd floor, she could hear the man’s voice, shouting for his guards. Mariko smirked. He made her job easier by shouting like that, because she didn’t have to look for him anymore.
Mariko slowly made her way to a room at the end of the hallway, where the shouts came from. When Mariko opened the door, her eyes widened at the sight in front of her. There was a young girl – a kid – lying on the bed, only in her underwear. Her target - the drug lord - was standing not far from the kid, only in his boxer. Mariko wasn’t stupid. She knew what happened or what about to happen there. Suddenly she felt anger rising inside her. Without warning, Mariko raised her gun and shot the drug lord on his leg. He fell on the carpeted floor below him, screaming in pain. Blood flowed out from his wound, staining the carpet red. Mariko then walked inside the room with her gun pointed towards the man’s chest. The moon that illuminated the room through a small window within that room made her visible to the man and the girl’s eyes. The man’s eyes grew wider when he saw Mariko.
“Who are you?” asked the man while grunting in pain. “Who asked you to do this? Let me live and I’ll double your pay,” continued the man. Mariko didn’t say anything instead she slowly walked towards him. Gun still pointed on his chest. “No… no… please… please… let me live. I’ll give you anything. I’ll pay you double, triple than the person who hired you. Just let me go, please,” pleaded the man.
“I’m sorry, but I won’t betray my employer. Besides you disgust me,” growled Mariko before shooting him once on his chest and once on his head, killing him.
After finishing her job, Mariko turned around to look at the girl on the bed. The girl was sitting on the bed now, watching Mariko. She flinched when she saw Mariko looking at her. The girl was afraid and Mariko didn’t like it at all. She reached out to calm the girl, but the girl backed away until her back met the headboard, her eyes shifted to Mariko’s hand that was holding the gun. Mariko followed her eyes and finally realized that she was still holding her gun. Mariko immediately secured her gun in the holster on her hip then took off her night vision goggles.
“It’s okay. I won’t hurt you,” said Mariko softly while walking slowly towards the girl. Mariko stopped a few centimeters away from the girl. Looking closely at the girl, she felt her throat tightened. The girl was very thin. She could clearly saw her ribcage sticking out. Her eyes were bloodshot and there were bruises all over her face and body. Some of them were yellowish, indicating they were inflicted on her from a week ago. But some of them were bluish-purple, indicating they were inflicted on her just recently.
Mariko reached out to try to touch the girl, but the girl flinched and quickly moved away from her touch. She was trembling in fear.
“It’s okay. You’re safe now. Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you,” uttered Mariko softly. She stretched her hand out to the girl. “It’s okay. I won’t hurt you. Trust me.” The girl looked at Mariko’s outstretched hand then at Mariko’s face. Mariko’s eyes looked sincere. She could feel Mariko’s kindness through her gaze and she felt like she could trust the woman in front of her.
“You’re safe now. No one is going to hurt you again. Don’t worry. You can trust me. I won’t hurt you,” spoke Mariko again.
The girl slowly reached out to hold Mariko’s hand. Mariko smiled at her then clasped her hand gently. “Thank you for trusting me. I’m Mariko. Shinoda Mariko. What’s your name?”
“Matsui Jurina,” whispered the girl softly.
End of Flashback
Mariko woke up from her daydreaming and stared at the sleeping woman in front of her. Your past. I wished you could forget about it. She then moved to kiss Jurina’s forehead before going back to her own bed.
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Later, that night
“Why don’t we just go to his place, knock out everyone who get on our way, grab him then torture him until he spill out the information?” grumbled Jurina while parking the black Audi.
Mariko sighed heavily before explained to Jurina for the umpteenth time, “Because this is easier. His place is heavily guarded…” Mariko raised her hand to stop Jurina from interrupting her when she saw the younger woman opened her mouth, “…and I know that we could handle them, but the only thing we want is information, Jurina. I don’t want to waste our resources only to fight against some lowly guards. Besides there’s the risk that one of us could get hurt if we just barge in like that.”
Jurina and Mariko were in the parking lot of a nightclub that was frequented by Sato Noboru, a money launderer and arms dealer as well as the boss of the three person who tried to grab Jurina before, their target.
Jurina rolled her eyes at Mariko’s explanation. “Hai… hai… whatever you want, Mariko-sama.”
Jurina turned around to grab a bag on the passenger seat behind. She rummaged inside the bag while Mariko checking out her appearance at the mirror. Finally, Jurina pulled out two earbuds then gave one to Mariko. Jurina then pulled out some equipment from the bag then set it inside the car as Mariko finished up.
“I’ll be going now,” informed Mariko.
“Be careful, Sado,” warned Jurina.
Mariko smirked then opened the car door, but before stepped out from the car, she turned around to face Jurina and teased her, “You don’t have to worry about me, kiddo. I’m not the one being hunted here.” Mariko let out a chuckle as Jurina rolled her eyes at her.
“See you,” waved Mariko while stepping out from the car.
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As soon as Mariko stepped inside the building, several eyes already started leering at her. Despite Mariko is already in her mid thirty, but she still looked gorgeous.
“Sado, can you hear me?” Jurina’s voice was heard through Mariko’s earpiece.
“Loud and clear,” replied Mariko.
“Okay. I’ve got visual on our target,” informed Jurina. Jurina hacked into the nightclub’s security cameras to find their target and also to keep an eye on Mariko, in case she need her help.
“Where is he?” asked Mariko while her eyes wandering around the crowded room, looking for her target.
“At the bar. 2 o’clock.”
Mariko looked at the bar. Her target was there. A man in his mid 40s dressed in gray suits was sitting there, chatting with two women. Four men in black suits stood around them, guarding the man. Mariko then walked towards the bar and sat down several seats beside her target.
When Mariko sat down at the bar, her target, Sato, noticed her right away. He often came to the nightclub, but he never saw her before. Besides, Mariko surely gave a different aura from other women in that nightclub. He immediately ditched the two women who had been talking with him then approached Mariko just in time as the bartender asked her for her drinks.
“You can order whatever you want. It’s all on me,” voiced Sato when he came near her. Hearing his voice, Mariko immediately spun around to face him. Sato was sitting beside her with his guards standing closely behind him. He was staring at her while grinning widely. Mariko raised one of her eyebrows. “Thank you for your offer, but I can pay it myself,” declined Mariko politely.
“No… please, I insist. I can’t let a beautiful lady like you paying for her own drinks,” uttered him playfully while giving her a wink. On the other side, Mariko heard Jurina gagged and exclaimed loudly, “What an old-fashioned pick up lines.” Mariko had to restrain herself from laughing when she heard Jurina’s comment.
Mariko then pretended to ponder for a bit, before shrugged, “Well, if you insist.” She turned to face the bartender and order her drink.
While waiting for her drink, Sato tried to streak a conversation.
“I’m Sato Noboru,” introduced Sato to Mariko.
“I’m Tachibana Kaoru.”
“Ah, a beautiful name for a beautiful lady,” exclaimed Sato. He then proceeded to take Mariko’s hand and give it a kiss. As for Mariko, she had to fight back the urge to punch his face. Meanwhile, Jurina who was watching the whole scene through her laptop, laughing out loud when she saw the situation Mariko was in.
“I never saw you before. Are you new here?” asked Sato while holding Mariko’s hand.
“Yes. I’m here for my job. I’m staying in a hotel near here. I feel bored and then I decided to come here,” answered Mariko.
And the conversation flowed from there. Actually, it was a one-sided conversation, because Sato kept the conversation around himself, trying to impress Mariko with his story. He also tried to flirt with Mariko several times, which failed badly. Mariko had to pretend that she enjoyed their conversation and held herself from cringed everytime he tried to flirt with her. After some time, they had decided to call it a day and Sato offered Mariko a ride to her hotel.
When Sato’s car stopped in front of Mariko’s hotel, she thanked him then proceeded to get out from the car. But, when she reached out to open the car door, she suddenly halted then turned around to look at him. “Do you want to come to my room and have a drink?” asked Mariko seductively. “Sure,” answered him enthusiastically without thinking. Sato then ordered his guards to wait for him before following Mariko out of the car.
Mariko then guided him to the hotel room that Jurina had booked beforehand. As soon as they stepped inside the hotel room, Sato hugged Mariko from behind then tried to kiss her. But, Mariko stopped him.
“Easy, tiger. The night is still long. Why don’t we enjoy it slowly?” whispered Mariko seductively. Sato gulped then nodded slowly.
“Good. Now, let’s take off your jacket.” Mariko helped him took off his jacket before pushing him towards the bed. As soon as he fell on the bed, Mariko immediately sat on top of him then started unbuttoning his shirt.
“You have a nice body. I like it,” whispered Mariko sexily while running her hands on his exposed chest. Sato started to feel aroused, so he moved his hands to touch Mariko’s thighs. But, Mariko grabbed his wandering hands then pinned it above his head.
“Oh… no… no… no… no touching, yet,” warned Mariko. She then reached out to open the drawer on the bedside table and pulled out two handcuffs from it.
“What are you going to do with those handcuffs?” asked Sato curiously while eyeing the handcuffs.
“These handcuffs are for safety reason. They’ll keep your hands from wandering around until I allowed it to,” explained Mariko while cuffing each of his hand at the edge of the bed.
“Oh… kinky. But, I like it,” teased Sato. But Mariko said nothing. After she finished securing his hands, he looked at her expectantly, waiting for her next move. But, he was confused when Mariko climbed off his body. At the same time a knock was heard from the door.
Sato’s eyes widened. “Who is it?” asked Sato to Mariko, starting to panic because he didn’t want anyone to see him in that state.
“Oh, I believe it’s just room service,” answered Mariko cheerfully before walked off to open the door. Mariko looked through the peep hole and saw Jurina stood in front of the room. Mariko opened the door for her. When Jurina walked into the room, Mariko suddenly grabbed her arm, stopping her on her tracks. “Restrain yourself. Don’t let your emotion control you,” warned Mariko before letting her go. Jurina didn’t say anything and got inside the room with Mariko following closely behind her.
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Sato heard voices came from the door. He tried to get up and sat on the bed, but the handcuffs limited his movement. He could only raise his head a bit when he heard several footsteps walked into the room. His eyes widen when Jurina came into his vision.
“You…” exclaimed him.
“Ah, apparently you know who I am. That’s good. It means I don’t have to introduce myself to you,” said Jurina calmly as she made her way towards Sato. She then sat on the bed beside him.
“What do you want? Don’t you know who I am?! Release me, now!” demanded Sato angrily.
Jurina chuckled slightly. “Oh, I know exactly who you are, Sato Noboru.” Jurina grabbed his face harshly, making him looked at her in the eyes. “But, apparently you don’t really know me. That’s why you only sent some amateurs to attack me that day.” Jurina released her hold on his face then patted his cheek mockingly. “But, don’t worry. They’re lying in the morgue, now. And you’ll join them shortly, if you don’t give me what I want.”
"What do you want?” hissed Sato.
“You know exactly what I want. I want to know who asked you to kidnap me. If you tell me, I promise you, I’ll let you go,” answered Jurina while leaning slightly towards him.
“You think I’ll tell you?” Sato huffed then snickered, “In your dream.”
Jurina curled her fist and gritted her teeth when she heard his answer. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. It’s your choice. I only need the name of the person who hired you. And then you’re free to go. Don’t make this hard for the both of us,” warned Jurina. But Sato stayed silent.
Jurina sighed then shook her head slightly. “Why people always choose the hard way?” asked her to no one.
Jurina then took the pillow that rested beside Sato’s head and without warning she pressed it on his face, smothering him. He struggled to free himself, but with both of his hands handcuffed, he was hopeless. Every few seconds, Jurina added more pressure to the pillow, suffocating him slowly. After one minute, his movements started to slow down. Mariko who watched the whole scene silently, finally made her move. She came to Jurina’s side then grabbed her hand, stopping her from further killing the man.
“Stop it! You’ll kill him,” hissed Mariko. Jurina reluctantly removed the pillow from his face. When the pillow was removed, he immediately gasped for air.
“So, what’s your answer?” asked Jurina coldly while holding the pillow.
Sato was gasping heavily and he looked at her in fear. “I’ll tell you… I’ll tell you…”
TBC
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Forgot to add..
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