You two explained that you were planning to use R/N as bait to draw the assassin out. R/N, to his surprise, agreed to this. R/N was a kind guy who wanted to repay the favor even though he understood you two were simply doing your job.

Chuuya

"Stop making it so obvious. We're supposed to be undercover now, remember?"

You

"Yeah, yeah."

You two were basically dancing in the heart of the masquerade ball, keeping an eye on R/N but trying not to be too obvious. You had to act like you were merely masquerade dancers. The only problem was that... You didn't know how to dance. Not at all.

Chuuya

"Ow!"

You

"Oh-"

You were doing nicely, "dancing" with Chuuya until you stepped on his foot by accident.

Chuuya

"What was that for?!"

Chuuya whispered to you instead of shouting as loudly.

You

"You think I did that on purpose?!"

Chuuya

"Well, you definitely would do that on purpose! Do you not know how to dance or anything?..."

You

"Well..."

Chuuya

"!..."

You

"..."

Chuuya

"Wow, I was just throwing words out there. So you really don't know how to dance?"

You

"Not at all."

Chuuya

"Heh, neither do I."

You

"Huh?! Then how are you doing it so well?!"

Chuuya

"Oh, you just called me a good dancer, didn't you?"

You

"No- I'm just asking if you've never danced before, how come you're not messing up? At all?"

Chuuya

"Uh... I dunno! I'm just copying all the others. But!- It's good to know that you think of me as a good dancer."

You

"I never said you were a good dancer."

Chuuya

"Fine. Here-"

Chuuya took a look around, focusing on the other dancers.

Chuuya

"Okay- You put your hand here..."

He took your right hand and placed it on his shoulder. Then he took another glance around at the dancers.

Chuuya

"And my hand goes over there..."

He put his left hand around your waist. You shifted your eyes to his hand on your waist, then back up at him.

Chuuya

"And then..."

Chuuya grasped your left hand in his right and held it. Your hands were tightly gripped together.

Chuuya

"See? You're doing great. Now we just gotta... Um... Move around like the rest of them are."

You

"Heh, you explain things so well."

You said, sarcastically.

You two were literally in the moment, dancing in the center of the masquerade ball. You knew you and Chuuya were merely doing this to stay disguised, but it seemed more than that. It's as if you two were dancing for fun rather than for some stupid body guarding job.

Chuuya

"See, you haven't stepped on my foot again. You're amazing at this."

You

I'm confused... Is he trying to joke around again, or is he being genuine? It's hard to see how he feels with these stupid masks on.

You peered down at your feet before turning to face Chuuya. When you smiled at Chuuya, looking over Chuuya's shoulder, you noticed a man speaking to R/N. Because you were dancing behind him, you observed the scalpel in his hands, which he was trying to conceal behind his back.

You were well aware of who this was.

You

"Hey!"

You shouted. You let go of Chuuya's hand and chased the man down. The man with the scalpel cocked his head strongly, looking over his shoulder, to look at you, and you swear you saw his single eye stare your soul down before he jumped out of your way. You were racing after him, ready to leap onto him and crush him to the ground.

Chuuya turned behind him, startled, and watched you run. He was pretty disappointed since he was genuinely enjoying the dance but of course - something had to disrupt it.

You felt something sharp and cold in your shoulder as the assassin stepped out of the way.

He'd stabbed the scalpel directly into your shoulder while moving out of the way. People surrounding you stopped dancing and panicked at the sight of blood, which wasn't even that severe. Your shoulder ached, and you could feel blood running down your arm, but it wasn't as awful as your prior injuries.

Chuuya

"Y/N!"

Chuuya, to your surprise, was more worried about you than he was about R/N.

Chuuya

"Hey, that's a pretty bad wound!"

You

"Please Chuuya, yours was worse and you came back to your dorm on drugs. Don't worry, this isn't even as fatal."

Chuuya

"But still..."

Masquerade Dancer

"He's getting away!"

Someone pointed to the door, where the assassin had attempted to flee.

To be honest, the assassin's strategy was absolutely horrible.

You pulled the scalpel from your shoulder with tremendous force, and it clattered on the ground. You held on to your shoulder with your hand and began sprinting after him.

Chuuya trailed behind.

The assassin rushed all over the city, but he wasn't out of breath yet. He jumped on top of a tram as it was just about to move.

You

"Shit! How are we gonna-"

Chuuya picked you up with his arms and backed up a bit as you two stood on the roof of a medium-sized structure, being as careful as he could due to your shoulder injury.

Chuuya

"Hold on tight!"

Your hold on Chuuya's coat tightened, your arms around his neck. Chuuya ran as quickly as he could while activating his ability.

Chuuya went as quickly as lightning as you reached the edge of that particular building, and he landed solidly on the top of the tram. It shook the entire tram, almost knocking it off the rails.

It threw the assassin off balance, and all the people on board were startled.

You

*Sigh* "Chuuya, you're making the passengers scared."

Chuuya

"Ugh, blame him."

Chuuya gently put you down, and the two of you stood in the rear of the tram, with the assassin directly ahead in the front. All he could do now was venomously glare at you.

It was tough to use bombs in Las Vegas, you'd be killing so many people with those explosives.

As a result, you resort to the gun Mori had given you.

You

"Surrender, or I shoot!"

You aimed it straight at the assassin.

If you had fired it just now, it would have hit him in the eye. Your aim was totally breathtaking.

Strangely, the assassin had more than just a scalpel and pulled two long swords from his back. You were puzzled since you had no recollection of seeing sword cases on his back.

You

"What is..."

The assassin rushed directly towards you, almost as fast as Chuuya, and swung both of his blades rapidly. Chuuya drew you closer to him, attempting to pull you out of the way. The two swords had only grazed your left cheek twice. Blood raced to your cheek and began to flow down your face. You wiped it away with your sleeve.

Chuuya

"Y/N-"

You

"Chuuya, it isn't even a big deal... It's just a scratch."

Chuuya

"But-"

You

"And why are you the one looking out for me? The last time I checked, I was the assistant, not you."

Chuuya

"And?! That doesn't mean that I can't look out for you too!"

You

"It doesn't matter! It's just a-"

Your body suddenly dropped, and your head went blank. You rolled your eyes all the way back, closed them, and leaned forward. Chuuya caught you before you could ram your face against the tram's roof, causing him to lose his footing.

Chuuya

"Y/N? Hey!"

Chuuya placed his palm on your cheek, his eyes locked on your frustrated, unconscious look. His other hand was urging you to stand upright.

Chuuya

"No... No, no, no... Come on!..."