Chapter 7
Is it me or is Wattpad malfunctioning a lot?
Kana's P.O.V. - 9th February 2012
"Wow," I gasped after the training simulation was done.
"Thanks for the help," Clint chortles as he ruffles my hair as soon as I reached him downstairs, "your worried whispers of 'oh no!' 'look out!' and 'eek!' were super helpful," Clint teased. I felt my cheeks burn as my whole face flushed scarlet, steam flying above my head as Clint laughs harder.
"... die... I should just die..." I murmur, covering my face, I then uncover it when the doors swooshed open and a brunette woman in her early 30's.
"Agent Barton, Beaufort's been complaining about how you've been ignoring his messages," the woman informs so Clint whips his phone out and relays the message to me.
"Bring the kid over. Her suit's done. Oops," Clint mutters before shoving his phone back in his pocket. "All right, Kana. Let's check out your new suit."
"H-Hai," I nod before jogging after Clint, noting that the woman followed behind.
"You coming as well, Hill?" Clint inquires.
'Eh, this is Agent Hill?' I question in my mind.
"Agent Romanoff requested that I take over training Kaneki so I'll be her teacher for the next 2 weeks."
"It's nice to meet you, Ms Hill," I quickly stop and bow before carrying on walking.
"Likewise Kaneki," she replies.
"So Kana, do you miss Nat?" Clint asks me, teasingly.
"Not really," I reply, "Nee-san is only gone for a couple of weeks and it's not like she's gonna die. She's way too awesome."
"You call Natasha 'big sister'? No fair. Call me Nii-chan from now on," Clint requests, closing his eyes as he puffs out his chest. He opens his eyes and recoils in horror, "What's with that face?!"
He was referring to the face I was pulling which was a mixture of a deadpan and disgust.
"Uh, calling you Nii-chan is gross," I admit without hesitation thus breaking his heart and spirit, "to me, you seem more like the friendly neighbourhood dad."
"You have no idea," Clint snorts after for a moment.
I was about to say something else when the murmurings of the other agents caught not only my attention, but Clint's and Agent Hill.
"Look, it's the cannibal."
"I can't believe Fury let a monster like her join."
"It's probably cause of her face, but even the Director should understand that the worst of monsters hide behind a face of complete and utter innocence."
There weren't even trying to hide their disgust towards me. I clenched the fabric of my trousers so tight until my knuckles turned chalk white. The harsh whisperings, the accusing stares they threw, the judgement of their words were gradually corrupting my mind and being. The words started to echo in my head until the hateful voice morphs into mine.
'Monster. Go die. You don't belong here or anywhere. Murderer.'
Without realising it, my breath began to quicken till I was on the verge of hyperventilating, my lungs were screaming for air that never came, my heart beating so fast hard I was afraid it would shoot out my chest, my clothes were permeated with sweat, but I'm left unsure if it was from training earlier or the stress from right now. Black spots started to appear in my vision and my mind felt hazy and dizzy, almost faint, but then a hand is placed reassuringly on my shoulder so I look up to see it's Clint's.
"Shouldn't you be working? Director Fury won't be happy to find you slacking," Hill warns and the agents scatter away.
I blink furiously wondering what just happened, 'Did she just come to my rescue?' I shake my head, 'probably not, what am I thinking?'
It wasn't long till we reached Beau's who was more than ecstatic to see me.
"Kana, mon doux ange! It's been so long, why don't you visit me more often?" Beaufort complained as the large, red-haired man with a couple of hairs on his chin wraps his arm around my shoulder. (My sweet angel)
"Ha, it's only been 3 days since I last spoke to you, Beau," I chuckle at his eagerness. Beau was one of the only ones who would treat me with respect since I came here. Plus, his goofy personally was fun.
"Beau?" Agent Hill questions, raising a brow.
"Since when were you two so chummy?" Clint asks, sounding left out.
"Since our first meeting when I took the measurements for her suit," Beau informs before his face brightens up, "speaking of which, here. Try it on," Beau ushers me into another room after shoving the suit into my hands then slamming the door shut.
I shake my head fondly, 'Same old Beau.'
The suit prepared for me looked similar to what all the other agents were wearing. At first glance, I thought it was leather but I realised it was more flexible and seemed tougher. When I put it on, it hugged my body like a second skin. I gave myself a little twirl and twisted my head to see my suit properly since there was no mirror in the room.
"Does this suit make my butt look big?" I ask myself in confusion as I tried to get a better look at my behind, there wasn't a mirror in sight, but knowing Beau, he probably smashed his hand into it while posing and admiring himself erratically. I examined it a little longer, focusing on my kakuhou area. I didn't tell anyone about my kagune yet so there was no hole.
'Should I tell them?' I wondered, puzzled, before stepping outside the room.
"C'est chic!" I hear Beau hoot as he kissed his fingers in admiration.
"Is everything alright?" Agent Hill questions which snaps me out of my thoughts.
"Ah, um," I stammer before scratching my cheek, coyly, and admitting, "I kinda have a design input that may, sorta, kinda be paramount."
"Like what?" Clint asks, quite curious.
At my hesitance, Beau adds, "I don't mind any requests, Kana. This suit is only a prototype."
"Well, I may need the back, a small part of the back, cut out for... my kagune," I explain, hesitantly.
"Wha-gune?" Beau questions, completely lost at the foreign word.
"I've looked over your reports yet never heard of that word before," Agent Hill points out, eyeing me suspiciously.
"That's because I forgot to mention it," I admit, abashed.
"What is it? Your kagune thing, what does it look like?" Clint questions.
"It's an extra limb that grows out my back," I report without thinking.
"Limbs?" The trio echo and I can tell that they were trying to imagine what I just said. They were probably imagining a human arm growing out my back that was waving.
"I think it might be easier to show you," I notify before letting out my kagune. The leather of my suit loudly rips open as my 3 wine-red rinkaku kagune are released in view of the rest.
"Kana, you..." Beau starts quietly, I focus down on the ground, not wanting to see their reactions, but my head whipped up when I heard what Beau said next, "you're an octopus! Or part octopus?"
"Octopuses have 8 tentacles not 3," Clint counters, determined, not a hint of jest in his voice.
"I'm not an octopus! And they're not tentacles!" I yell, sourpussed. I shook a fist in the direction of the two males who ignored my shouts and continued to theorise what type of octopus I am which made me grumpier. I puffed my cheeks out in annoyance and attempted to give them my best, most intimidating glare.
"Aw, what a cute kitty," Beau coos as he places cat ears on my head which he magically pulled out from nowhere.
"Oh no! She's gonna pout us to death(!)" Clint panics though he struggles to keep the laughter out of his voice.
I was about to retort when I felt hands prodding and studying my kagune.
"Whoa!" I nearly shriek as I whip my kagune away from the foreign grip. I see it was Agent Hill who was examine them.
She ignored my yell and instead asks, "Are they reliable in combat?"
"Yes, though I haven't trained them in a while," I inform before the rest of the day was spent on Agent Hill questioning me on my kagune, I told her everything I knew which wasn't a lot. Eventually, we had to leave for training, but before I left, I gave my suit back to Beau then showed him my mask which he was grateful for. He immediately rushed off to create a new suit from scratch.
I'm sorry this took so long to come out. I'm having a bad case of writer's block.
Also, I gotta ask you guys something. I have a few stories that I started but haven't published. Do you guys want to see it? The updates for it might be slow. I think I have 1-3 chapters done for some, but I still don't know whether or not to put them up.
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