Black Cat
Chapter Twelve – Broken
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Minami is standing behind a tree, watching Atsuko’s house from afar.
“Should I go in or not? Should I meet them or not? What should I do when I meet them? Will they happy to see me?” Minami banged her head on the tree, “Be brave, Minami”
Minami walked straight to the front door and shocked by the scene she saw. The door was opened… she took a look inside and saw the messy room with broken glasses, vases and broken furniture. She hurriedly went inside and saw something she can’t believe. The black cat which supposed to send Mayu for a wild goose chase was lying on the ground in bloody state. She gasped and stepped backward, thinking the worst thing happened to Atsuko and Jurina.
Suddenly a shadow appeared behind Minami and attacked her with katana sword. She managed to dodge but still got a scratch on her back. That person kept attacking Minami nonstop and all Minami can do is step back to dodge the fierce attack. The katana slashed and missed, Minami slide behind and locked the attacker’s arms. The attacker’s growled and dashed backward until they bumped on the wall. She leaned back forcefully to trap Minami between her and the wall. Minami slide to the right side and grabbed that person’s right wrist tightly until that person dropped the katana.
That person launched a kick on Minami’s head, she raised her arm to block it while the other arm punched on the attackers face. In a fast movement, Minami kicked hard on that person’s stomach which made that person flying outside. Under the moonlight, Minami can see that person’s face clearly. Also the attacker, can see Minami’s face clearly.
“Mi-minami?!” said the attacker, shocked.
“Yuko?”
Yuko stood up and took out a dagger from her boot, “Which Minami are you?”
“What’s happened here? Where’s Atsuko and Jurina?”
“Why you here?!” Yuko shouted.
“What’s happened here?!!” Minami shouted back. Both of them refused to answer each other’s question. They’re staring at each other with angered eyes.
Yuko dashed forward and thrust her dagger toward Minami. The dagger slide passed, leaving a tiny scar on Minami’s neck, “Why didn’t you dodge?”
“I know you won’t kill me” Minami answered in confidence.
“I’ll kill you!” Yuko gave Minami a hard punch on her pretty face and grabbed her shirt, “Where did you go?! Do you know how worried they are when you gone?!!”
“I… just regained my memories, Yuko” Minami explained, “I thought they’d be safe if I don’t go near them… I never thought the cat that I sent for a mission ended up in here, with them…” Minami felt terrible inside, don’t know what to do. She is the cause of all this, she should take the blame. Minami grabbed Yuko’s shoulders tightly, “What happened with them? Tell me!!”
Yuko gave her another punch on face and the knee kick on her stomach, then an upper punch below her chin. She grabbed Minami’s shirt and threw her back into the house. “They already gone when I got here!”
Yuko took out a thin, round metal thing and threw it to Minami, “This is the only thing I found suspicious here”
“Hologram…” Minami wiped the blood on her lips and looked at the metal thing seriously. She pushed a button on the hologram and a blue light screen appeared, showing Mayu’s face.
[Nice to know you’re still alive, NO36. Meet me at port 748, I have something you want]“Who is that?” Yuko asked, “What’s all of this?”
“Yuko…” Minami tried to control her anger, “Actually…”
*Minami explained her story to Yuko. Who is she from the start, how she dropped her job and turned into phantom thief, how Mayu implemented an experiment on her, and what she gonna do now*---------------------
“This is the main material which I stole from Mayu before I blew up one of her laboratories” Minami took out a metal bottle and handed it to Yuko, “If I can’t manage to bring back Atsuko and Jurina, take that thing, go find this person” Minami handed a photo to Yuko, “She will tell you what to do”
“Chief Mariko?” Yuko surprised to see the face on that photo.
“You know her?” asked Minami.
“I’ve been caught several times by her underling” Yuko smirked, “A cute girl, tall, and Wooo!”
“Wooo?” Minami confused.
“But… can we rely on this woman? I’ve been escaped from her so many times. Is she capable?”
“She is the one I trusted” Minami answered.
“We can go together to save Acchan and Jurina. If we combine our strength, it’s enoug–“
“If I couldn’t come back…” Minami stopped Yuko before she can finish her words, “Make sure you go find Mariko”
“I’ll go with you!” Yuko insisted.
“No! You’re not their opponent!” Minami yelled.
“I’m stronger than you!” Yuko shouted back, “You said I’m their not opponent? Cih!”
“I am more stronger than you” Minami said coldly.
Without warning, Yuko stepped forward and launching a punch at Minami. Minami easily caught Yuko’s arm and slammed her down on the floor. A loud crash can be heard clearly inside the house, the floor was cracked. Yuko stayed on the ground, can’t move. The attack was way more stronger than what she thought, she has underestimated Minami because of the earlier fight, Minami didn’t fight back. Yuko tightened her fist to hold the pain on her back.
“You stay here and rest” Minami walked away. She stopped at the front door and turned her head, “Thank you, for saving Acchan and guarding her all these years”
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Two hours later, at port 748
The port was silent in the night, sound of the waves accompanied. Not a single person showed on the street. That place full of containers and others boxes and stuffs. Minami walked alone carefully pick on her steps, set her eyes around the place.
“I’ve been waiting” a shadow appeared on the container few blocks of Minami.
“Rena…” Minami jumped high and landed on top of the container.
“I’m not your opponent” Rena grinned at Minami, “Master told me not to fight you”
“Where’s Mayu?” asked Minami coldly.
“Follow me~~” Rena jumped down and disappeared in the dark.
“Stop playing hide and seek with me” Minami growled and chased after Rena. Minami has sharp eyes to see in the dark, she managed to run next to Rena within minutes. Rena grinned and giggled to see Minami beside her.
“Let’s speed up!” Rena was excited to have a race with Minami.
“Stop playing with me!!” Minami angered and tackled down Rena. She got on top of Rena and grabbed her shirt, “Tell me where’s your master now!”
Rena grinned and raised her finger, pointing a small wooden house not far from them, “You’re probably late. That girl is done”
Minami’s eyes got widen to think about the worst thing might happened to Atsuko. She got up and ran toward the wooden house with a speed of light. She smashed the door with her powerful kick and got inside the house. There, a human-sized capsule was in the middle of the house. That human-sized capsule completely showing Atsuko was inside of it. She was in there with closed eyes, inside the capsule, just like how she saw Rena for the first time.
“If you’re thinking about breaking this capsule and bring her out, I can guarantee she will absolutely die” Mayu’s voice came out from a speaker beside the capsule.
“Show yourself!!” Minami shouted.
“Nah~ it won’t be fun if I show myself. Have fun, No36… This might be your last night with her” Mayu laughed wickedly to see Minami’s angered face.
ShaaaaaaassssssshhhhThe sound of the capsule opening, following by the white, cold gas spread out from it. Minami sensed a killer’s aura surrounding inside the house. Atsuko opened her eyes with blank stare and looked straight at where Minami was. The long lost of Atsuko’s assassin aura was awake once again in front of Minami. That cold emotionless face, those cold dark eyes, that cold aura surrounding her is frightening.
“Kill her, No 100” Mayu commanded.
“Yes, Master” Acchan dashed forward to attack Minami.
Minami startled and slipped backward, fortunately she recovered her balance fast enough to dodge a deadly punch from Atsuko. Minami kept dodging Atsuko’s attack without desire to fight back. She kept calling Atsuko’s name, in hope that Atsuko could hear her voice and wake up from Mayu’s control.
“Acchan! It’s me! Look at me, Acchan!” Minami called.
Atsuko kept attacking mercilessly, she won’t stop until she finished her task, she won’t stop until she managed to kill Minami. At the same time, while on the other place, Mayu was watching from a far through her gadget. Not long after, Rena joined Mayu.
“What do you think, who will be the winner?” Mayu asked.
“If No36 kept dodging without thinking to fight back, she’ll definitely lose” Rena answered.
Mayu smirked and switched on her mic to speak through the speaker inside that wooden house, “Listen well, Takahashi Minami. Let’s do a trade”
“Shut up!!!” Minami shouted randomly in the house. Got distracted by Mayu’s words, Minami didn’t saw the next kick coming from Atsuko. She got kicked hard on the stomach twice and another right on her head. Minami was fallen and sliding back on the ground, coughing blood. Her vision blurred as the impact of the attack she got on her head.
“Give back my material and I’ll give you a chance to bring her back” said Mayu.
Minami managed to stand up but her head still dizzy. Without her knowing, Atsuko already stood close in front of her… can’t even know what’s going on, all Minami could feel is a pain in her chest. Minami looked down and saw a dagger stabbed into her chest, left side of her chest… at the place where heart normally beating. All she can do now is looking at Atsuko’s face, her body felt so cold, her eyelids were heavy, her breathing was hard… Minami tried to raise her hand to hold Atsuko’s hand but before she could ever touched it… Atsuko pulled out the dagger and stabbed into it once more, this time… deeper.
Minami coughed blood right at the moment Atsuko stabbed her. She has no more strength to hold on her own body weight and fell onto the ground. Atsuko stood there with the same emotionless face. While Mayu pissed that Atsuko killed Minami faster than she thought, but also happy that her new creation killed the rebellious Minami.
“It’s a pity, no36 didn’t get a chance to trade” Mayu stood up and calling for Atsuko, “No 100, come with me to your new home”
To be continue...
A/N: Atsuko is No 100 inspired by her twitter account Atsuko_100
See ya till the next update *hides*
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