Chapter 2
In the meeting room of I.M.P. all members around the table- "Congratulations to completing your first mission, Mito." Blitzo says while patting the human boy on the back.
"Thanks, sir, but it's really nothing." Minato tells him with a wave of the hand.
"Oh, don't be like that. You should feel proud about your first mission being a success." Millie says.
"Well, not saying I'm not proud of it, but I'm not proud of what mission it was. Especially seeing..." He shuddered before continuing. "That."
"And I don't blame you, that's unsettling to see even for a demon." Moxxie says, uncomfortable.
"Alright, you guys can be pussies some other time." Blitzo says waving it off.
"Actually, I've been meaning to ask you something about your..." Moxxie trailed off.
"What?" Minato asked.
"You know that thing you did? Where you changed your eyes and created that fire?"
"What?" Loona says looking up from her phone.
"Oh, you mean this?" The boy then created fire in his hand which made the three imps look amazed while the wolf girl looked wide eyed... before going back to her phone again, not caring.
"So cool." Blitzo says as he was inching closer. "I just want to-OW!" He stupidly touched the fire and withdrew his hand in pain.
"Sir, be careful." Moxxie says as the boy put out the fire. "But yeah, that is amazing. How are you able to do that if you're human?"
"The same way I stayed human when coming down here." Minato says, getting puzzled looks. "That means I don't know."
"Ohhhhhhhh." The imps say at the same time.
"Well, guess you must be lucky as shit. Because..." Blitzo says before trailing off. He then stood up straight before counting with his fingers. "How much of Hell wishes they could still be alive?"
"Uh..." Moxxie says as she started thinking as well. "Hmm... I don't know. Probably about fifty percent of the sinners that come down here?"
"And how much is fifty percent?"
"I... I don't know."
"Well, whatever amount that is, it's probably the same amount of fuckers that want to stay alive."
"I guess, but I'm technically not alive." Minato tells him.
"Same thing."
"What else can you do?" Millie asked.
"Well, nothing else. Other than this." The boy says as he shows his eyes again.
"Ooh." She says, eyes sparkling.
"Sweet, is that like X-ray vision or something?" Blitzo asked.
"Well, no-" Minato starts.
"Then what good is it!?" The bigger imp says annoyed.
"Well, it makes my eyesight stronger."
"Okay, and...?"
"And I also somewhat get stronger."
"Oh, well, nevermind then. What do you think, Loonie?" Blitzo then asked the hellhound.
"Don't give a fuck." She says, not even looking up from her phone.
"What a surprise." Moxxie says under her breath. "Curious, you came from a family of assassins, right? What kind of assassins were you when you were alive?"
"It's not much different down here, being contracted to kill people and such. Although, our business was way bigger than the one down here." Minato states.
"So like, what, you worked for the mafia or something?" Blitzo asked.
"Not really, but similar in a way. Basically fulfill contracts and those who don't pay up with money, pay with their lives."
"... That's literally the mafia." The big imp says as the boy looked annoyed.
"Well, some people might see it like that, especially in America, but it's not the same thing. It is known as the yakuza; a business ran by family for generations to come. And my brother was the next in line to be the heir of the Kirigaya clan, though, I'm sure he's the leader as of now."
"Look kid, it really doesn't sound any different from the mafia-"
"IT'S NOT THE MAFIA!" Minato then screamed at him, getting spit in his face.
"Okay, calm your dick down." Blitzo says while wiping his face.
"If you're that famous, the Earthly authorities surely must've tried something right?" Moxxie asked.
"That's kinda the thing with being yakuza. We were just too powerful for even them." The boy explained.
"Are you sure you're not from the ma-" Blitzo began to say before the boy glared at him with his other eyes. "Right, not the same thing. Got it." Minato then calmed down.
"It must've took someone strong just to kill you." Millie says.
"That was one of the biggest errors on my part. The Yagami clan is one of the few that we believed to be of the weaker clans and they were in debt to us for a while now. I believe they thought that killing us would be the best way out of it, and judging by the results-" The boy says while clutching his chest. "We underestimated them greatly."
"In other words: you got fucked over by them." The taller imp says.
"Basically."
"Well, you don't need to worry about that stuff about the Y... Y..."
"Yakuza."
"Yakuza, because I can assure you that while you may have lost your family to fuck shits up there, you have a new family, right down here!" Bltizo then says with an arm around the boy. "Right guys?"
"Hell yeah!" Millie says, enthusiastically.
"Right." Moxxie also says.
"Whatever." Loona still doesn't look up from her phone.
"Uh, thanks. Look forward to it." Minato says, looking nervous.
And so... cue montage. Basically, a series of Minato helping out the trio of imps on their missions.
1:
Moxxie was trying to aim at the target with a sniper rifle, but she was having trouble as there was many people and it was hard to see where he was. She groaned in annoyance before Minato just simply picked her up and put him on his shoulders. This new height allowed her to get a clear view of the target and snipe them dead. Knowing that they got'em, Minato held his hand out and Moxxie high fived him.
2:
Minato walked over to a homeless man and placed a backpack next to him, asking to watch it. After he left, the man decided to rummage through his back, only for Millie to slit his throat then pop out, stuffing him into a trash bag as her and the boy threw him into a dumpster. The imp hopped back into the backpack as they left, giving each other a high five.
3:
This time, they went for a different tactic. Minato went up to a girl his age and tapped her on the shoulder. Then he gave her bedroom eyes while pointing to the alleyway. She couldn't resist and followed him to the alley where no one could see. Right as the girl was pulling her shirt over her belly, she got a bullet in her head. Blitzo was above and hung from the ledge for a high five.
4:
A guy was dealing drugs who offered some to Minato. He simply asked if he had more and the guy was stupid enough to take him into the alley to show more, Millie gladly delivered an axe to the head.
5:
For this, Moxxie was pretending to be a stuffed animal in Minato's arms. As the boy walked by the woman that was their target, the imp injected her with something before quickly going limp again. Few seconds later, she face planted, dead.
6:
A man walked into his garage about to go into his car, only to step in a puddle which confused him. He heard a throat clearing before turning and spotting Blitzo waving with a smug smile as Minato held exposed wires... that he tossed into the puddle, electrocuting the man.
And there was many more missions after that. Many successful and many happy clients, some of which finding it weird to have a human working for them, but that didn't drive away any of them.
So here at the front desk, Loona was going through her phone without care before getting a text. She opened the Grimoire they were given and created a portal which the trio of imps and one human walked through.
"Oh man, that was amazing!" Blitzo says with a wide smile.
"Yeah, but I'm not a fan of the blood getting on me. Although the payoff is worth it at the very least." Minato says while holding a decapitated head before tossing it into the closing portal.
"Eh, when you wear black and red it makes it easy to hide." Millie says, shrugging.
"I gotta say Mito-" Blitzo starts.
"Minato." The boy cut in.
"Before you came here, we didn't get this popular."
"Can't be that big of a deal."
"Of course, it's a big deal! We even got our add showed on other channels."
"Actually sir, we only got 'one' more channel. But people watch it though." Moxxie then points out.
"Still works. And let me tell you, you are a natural."
"Guys, it's really not a big deal. I'm just doing my job." Minato says, waving him off.
"Well, 'doing your job' got us more business than usual. I mean, it kinda helps being human that you can blend in with the crowd easily." Millie tells him.
"A little disappointed though that you didn't use that firey stuff or whatever it is." Blitzo says.
"I mean, against normal and defenseless humans, it's not really necessary." The boy explained.
"Again, good point."
"Wait..." He then says as he checked the time. "Oh, shoot! I gotta get going." He then says as he went for the door.
"What? Where the fuck are you going!?"
"I ordered something and gotta make sure it wasn't stolen. I'll see you all tomorrow." He quickly left before the taller imp could say another word.
When he got home, he looked around the porch for what he ordered, checked every corner he could. However, there wasn't a package in sight. He was a little worried and quickly ran inside. Only, as soon as he closed the door, he was greeted with his dad standing in front of him, looking down at him, disappointed.
"... Hi... dad." He says while scratching his head, waiting for a response. Yamato just continued to stare at him. "... uh... d-did anything, come to the door today?"
He continued to be stared at by his father. Then he got a sigh from the man, then reached one hand behind and took out a package to show him. Minato looked happy and was about to take the package before it was pulled away.
"Did you really think that just cause we're in Hell you could get away with using my credit card?" The man says.
The boy's eyes widened, and he hesitated to answer. His eyes shifted around in different directions trying to find some excuse. The best thing he thought he could do, was play dumb.
"What credit card." NOT THAT DUMB!
Yamato sighed. "Look, I'm not gonna argue. You can have it."
"Wait, real-"
"If you have the money that you paid in hand." Of course, he wasn't gonna let it go that easy.
Minato stared for a bit, opened his mouth to say something, then stopped. He held a finger up then went through his jacket, pulling out some bills then counting them. He then stopped as his face cringed before he looked back up at his father then held out his hand.
"Pay half now and the rest later?" He says with a nervous smile.
The man just stared at him for another few minutes, until his son gave up. So yeah, not getting that anytime soon.
The boy just decided to go back to his training room for the day. He was at most practicing his aim with his pistol and revolver. Not much left to say other than some broken targets to clean up later and the rest of the day wasn't very eventful by any means.
The next morning, in the kitchen...
"Come on, it was only one time." The boy complains.
"And that one time burning them is enough for me." Yamato says as his son looked offended. "Sorry, didn't mean for it to come out this way."
"We don't mean to sound rude, but you really should get more control over your powers, sweetheart." Maria also says. "Until then, maybe don't use them for little things like this." She then says before giving him a kiss on the head.
"Hey, come on, I've totally got control over my powers." The boy says.
"Like, your mother said, you should save your powers for more important matters." His father said.
"Okay, what 'important matters' are you talking about? What, am I gonna be fighting against a demon overlord in the future?" The man didn't respond. "Oh shit, don't tell me that might actually happen."
"I'm not saying that it will happen, just saying to use it only for important stuff."
He opened his mouth but didn't have a reply. He just sighed as his father went to the pantry. Soon as he opened it... he found a certain tall imp inside, eyes widened. The man stared for a little bit, his face slowly shifting to a hard glare.
"Uh... I... got the syrup." Blitzo nervously says while handing him the syrup.
Yamato stared for another few seconds before ripping it from his hands. "The fuck... out of my pantry... AND OUT OF MY HOUSE!" He shouted furiously.
"... Okay, okay, uh..." The imp says as he makes his way out of the pantry, being stared at by the other two as well. "Mito, I'll see you at work." He then says as he left.
Minato groaned as he put his hand on his head. "Mito?" His mother asked.
"It's uh... a thing they've been calling me. Says my name doesn't roll off the tongue or something." He says.
"I mean, it sounds kinda cute."
He just stared at her before his shoulders slumped.
A little while later, he was on his way to work, looking back as he could've sworn he heard something, but never saw anything. Well, he didn't notice the demons crawling around the buildings in secret. One finally built up the balls, pulling out a knife before jumping at-It got its skull punched in before falling.
Another got on his back and put a rag over his mouth before getting stabbed in the eye. He continued on for a little bit before sighing as he pulled out his revolver, holding it up and firing. Not too long afterward, a corpse fell to the ground.
This time he was surrounded by a group of them. They lifted him up, pointed sharp weapons at him, put a bag over his head... and we cut to Moxxie and Millie practicing their aim as Minato walks in, covered in black blood, pulling a stained bag off of his head.
"You okay?" Moxxie asked, a little concerned.
"Eh, just a normal day down in Hell for me." The boy just shrugs.
"Hey, human." Loona called over as she walked over. "Make yourself useful and bring this to Blitzo." She then says, holding out a mug.
"... Uh, okay." He says while taking the mug.
She then went back to her phone, leaving him annoyed by how she decided to treat him, not even using his name, but brushed it off as he went up to his boss' office. Though, being treated like trash by someone he could probably break the jaw of easily did get to him a bit. Especially since when he was alive, he'd have people he could talk down to, but didn't.
As much as he wanted to though, he had a job and a job he'll never find another like it.
"Excuse me-" He says as he entered Blitzo's office.
"Let's three-way." Then sees him stuffing two figures shaped like Moxxie and Millie into his pants.
Once they made eye contact, both of their eyes widened. They stared at each other in silence, not saying a word for about half a minute.
"... Uh..." Minato spoke up before stepping forward. "Y-Your coffee... sir." He then says while holding the mug out to him.
"... Alright, thanks." Blitzo then says in an awkward tone as he takes it. "Uh... you're not gonna... tell anyone about this right?"
"No, no, I won't." The boy says as he looked away while rubbing his head. "Other than the fact that I CAUGHT YOU IN 4K, BITCH!"
Take 2
"No, no, I won't." The boy says as he looked away while rubbing his head. "J-Just-" He was about to say before the imp got a ringing from his pocket.
"Hold that thought." He says before answering. "WHAT!?" He screamed before taking a sip of his coffee... then spitting it out, covering Minato.
Blitzo then slams the mug on the table. "WHAT THE FUCK!?" He then shouts as the boy wipes himself off. "Ugh, look, I just had a chemical peel, so you'll have to find someone else's face to plant that feathered ass!"
"Wha...?" Minato says, lost.
"Ah, well make sure she washes it." The imp then says as he places a crown on his head.
'... Do... Do I even want to know?' The boy thought to himself.
"We're assassins, not bodyguards. K, don't invite us to SHIT unless someone's gonna die." Blitzo continued. "Pay me with what?......... DEAL!" Then he slams his phone onto the table, destroying it, causing the boy to look even more confused. "M&Ms!" He pulled out a megaphone. "Get in here! We're going to Loo Loo Land!"
Minato uncovered his ears before saying- "Loo Loo Land?"
Moxxie appeared through the door saying- "Loo Loo Land?"
Mille smashes through door's window before exciting shouting- "Loo Loo Land!?"
Blitzo leaned back while holding the megaphone- "Loo Loo LAND!"
Loona shouts down the hall- "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
Next thing they knew, the three imps were getting their van ready to leave. "Alright, good luck, Mito." Blitzo says about to leave.
"Sir, you still haven't told me what's going on." Minato says, annoyed.
"Oh yeah. Stolas wants us to guard him and his daughter while they go to Loo Loo Land. We just need ya to watch over the building while we're gone."
"Why am I not coming?"
"Well, being human and all-" Before the imp could finish the boy held his gun up and fired into the air before a dead body fell with a blood splatter and his sniper rifle.
"Mmm, I think he gets the point." Millie says.
"Yeah, I can kinda see what you mean." The boy says as his boss packed the sniper rifle. "So, what do ya want me to do?"
"Just hang out with Loonie." Blitzo tells him while loading the sniper rifle.
Hearing that made him sweat a bit. "Uh... how can I, exactly?"
"Eh, just keep an eye on the phone in case of any clients. Any of them call, just tell them we're not here. We'll fuck up their targets when we get back. And if none call well... whatever." The imp says as he got into the van. "Have fun." He then says before they drove away.
Minato watched as the car disappeared before turning back to the building then sighing. He didn't know what he might do with the anti-social, emo wolf that didn't want to be friends with literally anyone, but he had to put up with her.
With a sigh, he backhand punched a demon about to attack him before making his way back into the building. As he got inside, he found the hound leaning against the chair with her feet on the front desk, going through her phone. Well, maybe a little conversation wouldn't hurt.
"So, it's pretty boring here, right?" Minato asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Loona says.
His smile stayed for a moment before it dropped. Clearly, she didn't want to talk by any means. He just leaned against the wall before taking out his own phone.
"Hey, are you-"
"No."
"I didn't ask anything yet."
"Fine."
"Okay... are you on Fire-"
"No."
"Book."
"Still no."
So much for that. Maybe taking phone calls won't be so bad.
About an hour later, and nothing changed, other than Minato laying on the floor with his legs on the wall, going through his phone. He let his arms fall to the floor while blowing some air out of boredom before he looked over at the phone. It hadn't ringed in the entire time he's been there, and Loona was still sitting with her legs up on the desk not wanting to talk to him.
'Come on! RING ALREADY!' He shouted in his mind in absolute rage while keeping calm outside.
It was too much. Waiting for the phone to ring was way too suspenseful and the fact that the only three coworkers he could talk to weren't there, only made it even worse for him. He had enough and got up, walking over to the wolf.
"Hey, uh, look I know social stuff isn't really your thing and all but ya know a conversation wouldn't hurt anybody." He says.
"Yeah, well there ain't nothing to talk about so." She tells him, not even looking over.
"Well, maybe we don't need to talk. How about we do something else, like... uh..." He tried to think. "Go for a walk?"
She didn't say anything, she just turned her eyes to look at him, which made him feel a bit uneasy. "... Alright." She then says while getting up.
"Wait, really?" He says, shocked.
"This piece of shit's not ringing anytime soon, and if rings while we're gone, fuck'em." She says casually while making her way to the door.
"That actually worked?" The boy whispered to himself.
"You coming?"
"Uh, yeah." He just went with it.
As much as he wanted to continue questioning it, there wasn't any point. He thought that maybe he and her could finally talk with her on something... Nah, it was barely any different. All you were doing different was walking while not talking.
This was starting to get a bit on his nerves, but even if he did complain, nothing would come of it. He sighed, glancing at her, seeing her still glued to her phone. It was starting to annoy him not to the point of wanting to drop kick her, but wanting to chuck that brick with a screen across the road to teach her a lesson.
"Look, there's gotta be something we can talk about. We can't possibly stay silent like this forever." Minato broke the silence.
"Alright, tell me what you wanna talk about then." Loona says, still not looking up.
"Can you at least look at me?" He asked as she groaned loudly while you came to a stop.
"You're a pain in the ass. Fine." She says while finally pulling her face away from the screen.
"Alright, finally." The boy scratched his head to think of something. "How about stuff like... what's it like living down in Hell?"
"Nothing much. We done? Good." She says about to go back to her phone.
"Woah, woah, that's it?"
"Yeah. What'd you think? There's nothing to talk about here that's any special. Apart from the battles for territories around here, anyway."
"Battle of territories?"
"Never heard of it?"
"Well, no, sounds kinda like a dumb name."
"Yeah, well it is and it's as dumb as you think."
"Eh, I don't know. I kinda thought it was entertaining watching the battle that took place with Cherri Bomb and Sir... What's his name?" The boy says while scratching his head to remember.
"Gotcha."
"I just think it looks pretty funny when those egg guys explode." He says before pausing then pulling out his revolver, then shooting it into the sky. She rose an eyebrow to that, before an imp fell, splat on the ground which surprised her. "Yeah, that's been a pain lately."
"Damn, how much does that happen?" She asked.
"About... a month or so. Not everyday, but at least maybe, twice a week or so. Something about wanting to sell my organs, or... whatever the fuck, they want." She shrugged by what he said. "Yep." Minato says before thinking again. "Uh... do you listen to any songs?"
"Well, I started listening to a new song my friend introduced me to."
"Cool, what is it?"
"'My World is Burning Down Around Me' by 'Fuck You Dad'." Loona says casually. "Those are the actual names of both the song and band."
"... Ah... I see. Sounds like a good song." The boy says awkwardly.
"It is. I listen to it a lot. What about you? Any songs up in the living world that are good?"
"Eh, some bad, but mostly good. I listen to more calming music, but sometimes while training, I like to get into the mood with some pop rock songs."
"Oh, you listen to pop too, huh?"
"Wait, you listen to pop?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I mean... uh..." Minato paused as he stared at her. "... I... I don't mean to sound rude but..." He says with another pause. "You don't-"
"Look like someone who enjoys pop?"
"I was gonna say act like someone who enjoys pop."
"Well, you'd be half right. I don't listen to it, but some demons down here can make it good." She says as they started walking again. "Any songs you can tell me about?"
"Unfortunately, my old phone with most of songs is still back on Earth. I was especially pissed by that since I had a VPN on that phone."
"The heaven's a VPN?"
"Uh... I actually don't know what it stands for, but it allows you to have access to media outside of your country. Since I come from Japan-" He stopped before grabbing a demon that was about to jump him and snapped his neck. "I could only access songs from that country without a VPN. And while the songs are good in my home country, something about the songs in other countries just hits a spot somewhere."
She stared at him before he noticed.
"I mean that figuratively."
"No I know that, just... In what way?"
"It's not easy to describe. You'd need to listen to them yourself to understand it."
"I see. What music do you listen to down here?"
"Nothing really too special, just this." He then takes out his phone and goes through it. "I don't care about the lyrics, but the beat is pretty sick."
Minato quickly stopped, shooting in a random direction without looking, then going back to the phone. Loona looked, seeing a demon face down in black blood seemed impressed, but shrugged it off.
"Here it is." He says before playing the song.
After listening for a bit, as said, the song had a nice instrumental, but the lyrics were mediocre and at best, generic.
"Yeah, that song does suck." She says.
"Yeah, but it's the best I've heard. Least it isn't screaming swears every five seconds."
"Alright, give me your phone." She then says holding her hand out, which confused the boy, but he just gave it to her. She started typing away before handing it back. "There, now you got two songs to listen to."
"Uh, sweet. Thanks." Minato says while checking his songs, finding the song she just told him about before taking out an earbud to listen to. "Hmm... it sounds pretty neat." He says as she shrugged before he looked up at the sky. "Crap, were we really out that long?"
"Meh, I never pay attention to time at all." Loona says before turning around and making her way back to the office. "Come on Mito."
"Oh come on, really?"
"Deal with it!"
He just sighed before following. "Just saying-" He paused to shoot another attacker. "-my actual name isn't complicated."
After they got back, the boy just leaned against the wall next to the desk. "Hey, back up." The wolf demanded as he scooted away a bit. "Further." He moved further away. "Good."
"Seriously?"
"Don't act like we're friends. I gave you a new song, that's it." She says before sitting with her feet up, phone out. "You don't deserve to be that close to me." He stared at her for a second before chuckling which made her glare him with a raised eyebrow. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing, just... sometimes I think I like it better down here than on Earth, ya know. And..." He trailed off trying to think. "Yeah, I can't think of anymore shit to say after that."
"... Yeah, whatever." She just says before turning back to her phone.
He sighed, knowing that she probably wasn't gonna change anytime soon, but he did seem to make some process. He got along with the other three, how hard could it be trying to relate to a fellow teen? Well, he had plenty of time to work things out.
Then the front door slammed open as the three imps made their way inside, grunting in pain as they were smoldering before faceplanting to the ground, surprising the boy a bit.
"Uh... d-did I miss anything?" Minato asked.
"Yes, you missed Blitzo ruining another good thing." Moxxie says annoyed.
"Worth it! That slutty toy clown, had, it, coming!" Blitzo says before collapsing again.
Minato snorted at what they said, especially knowing it was pretty much just a normal day for them at this point. Then he noticed some kind of cat with a bug-like mouth walk up, poking its mouth at Millie.
"Hey little guy." He says while walking to it as it turned to her. "You got a place to stay?" He then asked while kneeling down.
To be continued...
I did not know where I was going with this chapter, I was trying to get Minato to have some time with Loona, and I got a little lost on what to do. Looking at a few other fanfics, they usually have Loona already having hearts in her eyes for the reader because they're a hellhound, and since my OC isn't one, I figured that she'd be like this.
You get the idea.
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