It was the port mafia. The two parties exchanged bullets, as the men in black suits marched deeper into the sublevels of the yacht. On the outside, it was just an ordinary yacht for people to throw parties. But Tsuki had illegally renovated the ship, adding sublevels hidden underwater with rooms for his lab rats. Taking the crowd to his advantage, captured ability user's were able to be brought to their rooms from the outside. The unconscious victims would often be misunderstood as drunk people carried downstairs for some rest.
The trapdoor leading to the sublevels was hidden under a thick carpet in a random room, so no one would suspect anything unless they dived underwater and saw the complete structure of the ship.
But Kouyou immediately headed for the trapdoor as soon as she arrived. Thanks to the information provided by Oda, she knew there were hidden sublevels, and the exact location of the trapdoor. No civilian was on board this morning, so no collateral damage was involved in this fight, just a rescue team turning the place upside down to rescue their fellow members.
Mafia members with AK-47 in their hands battled with the mercenary in the first sublevel. There were four in total, the first sublevel was filled with dozens of mercenary on guard. The second, also flooded with mercenaries, was the floor where the meeting room and Tsuki's lab were. The control room was also on the second subfloor, it had control panels linked to the electricity, water and a variety of other things of all sublevels.
The third and fourth were rooms holding ability users prisoners, most of them having only their skeletons as what's left of them, except two people. Tsuki had a sick habit. He would wash his victims' bones after experimenting them to death, then rearranging them on the floor in the victims' respective rooms and sealing the doors. In his perspective, they were like decorations to his place, a collection of his work.
When all this happened, Kyora and Kigami were on their way towards the stairs leading to the first sublevel. As loud gunshots could be heard, they immediately backed away from the staircase which was lit up by the firing guns nearby. ''Tsk! Couldn't they juz wait till we get out of here ?!'' Kyora panicked while the mercenaries around them got into formation, aiming their weapons at the open staircase. The only way out was above, but the duo was left with no choice but to go down.
All of a sudden, rushing footsteps approached the guards. It was Kouyou. She rushed past the mercenary upstairs and headed straight into searching for the boys. As soon as she came into their sight, the armed men fired their guns at the lady only to end up with their throats slit. After scanning the entire floor, no other people other than the mercenary could be found, so she ran down to the third. She ran past countless rooms, some empty with widely opened doors, and some with deadly sealed ones, until she came across an odd one which hadn't been sealed in any form, just locked.
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Chuuya had been left alone in the room for quite many hours before coruscating light slashed the door into pieces. ''Chuuya !'' Kouyou paced to remove the slim tube out of his arm. ''Ane-san! Where's Dazai ?!'' Kouyou freed him as she spoke. ''I haven't found him yet, neither the three culprits.''
Chuuya rushed out the room and ran towards the staircase which lead to the lowest sublevel with Kouyou behind him. The effect of the fluid started to wear off almost right after the tube had been detached. On the way, he was finally able to activate his ability again, though he needed some time to be at his full strength again, just like what Kyora had said.
But as soon as the staircase came into his sight, he halted. ''Tsk! That floor is guarded by freakin lasers ?!'' At the bottom sublevel, every room was closed up by lasers, including the only entrance to the entire floor. ''Ane-san, we have to get to the control room.'' Kouyou nodded before she frowned. ''But we'll need someone for the controls, we can't possibly know which one's linked to the lasers, pushing random buttons could make things worse.'' ''We needa find that Tsuki bastard if he isn't down there ,'' Chuuya grunted.
They parted to check the other rooms if Tsuki was hiding in them. No sign of Tsuki, but Kouyou found Kigami in an open room at the end of the hallway. As Kouyou charged with her ability activated, the man immediately activated his own ability with orange glows surrounding him, defending himself from the lethal blade of Kouyou's. She backed away a little as she realised her ability couldn't cut him. ''I see, your ability is to create a solid barrier between you and your opponent.''
Kouyou charged again. Kigami dodged and blocked, but the barrier couldn't completely protect him, it only formed a wall in one direction, not around his whole body. He had to hit Kouyou with the barrier, using it as his defense and attack at the same time. There were cuts on his legs and his back, while there were bruises on Kouyou.
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Chuuya had checked the rooms on his side but much to his disappointment, no luck finding Tsuki. He couldn't just destroy the floor to get down there, Dazai could get hurt if he happened to be right below. Left with no other choice, he decided to check the second sublevel again even if he knew Kouyou had already checked it.
He rushed upstairs.
Tch where is Tsuki ?!
Kigami and Kyora were just people Tsuki hired, and this was Tsuki's base, so only Tsuki would know how the control panels work. But if he was hiding in the bottom floor, Chuuya wouldn't be able to get him therefore unable to save his partner. The yacht was huge, every floor had a wide area.
The ginger head had regained his full power, pacing across hallways with high speed until movement caught his attention. The control room, Tsuki was in there, sneaking out of a narrow secret portal linked to the bottom floor. ''TSUKI !'' Chuuya yelled before he bolted towards the man and threw a merciless punch across his wrinkled face.
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Barely awake, his head hanging from his neck with his eyes closed, Dazai could hear a battle going on somewhere upstairs.
Finally, Ane-san. I hope you've gotten to Chuuya.
Around him, the floor was covered in blood, just like himself. Deep cuts and cracked bones were all over his body. He was barely even breathing. Every breath trembled. Every breath was weak. Every breath hurt.
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Fanfiction''You used yourself as bait .'' Dazai couldn't see the problem here. What's the shorty upset about ? ''You could've died YOU IDIOT !'' Chuuya snapped as if he could read the question that was on the brunet's mind seconds ago. The next morning, Daza...
