The huntress

I am still dreaming and in my dream, I am seeing a really annoying girl. Just why is this happening? It is almost as if I am stuck in one of those animes in which the protagonist get a dream telling me what to do next or informs him what is coming to him in the future.

"Well I already said what I had to so wait for me till then farewell. Looks like you will be waken up anytime soon," saying that, the girl vanished into the darkness and I was standing there.

It was really weird because I rarely have dreams and the one I had right now was really weird but whatever. Not like I really care about it. She said we will meet again so I will just wait though I know it is my consciousness telling me that but whatever. I don't like if my life is bland. I love putting my life on the line and get hurt and be tortured and when I am satisfied, I kill the person who did this to me. It is that simple for me.

Shit, I realized something. If I am having a dream, I cannot tell what is happening to me out of this place. I really hope they don't do anything.

Suddenly, my body started jerking really hard. To the point now it was hurting my neck. My eyes slowly opened as I saw I was surrounded by other people and some of them were from the police forces along with a medic who was leaning and looking at me with disbelief. I was still being jerked so I looked at the person responsible of this and it was none other than the girl I saved.

"Is this how you wake someone up?" I said in a half sleepy voice making everyone a bit scared.

I was then hit in the chest really hard by the blue haired girl as I saw her eyes as tears were coming from her eyes. I soon realized what happened. Maybe the reason was because my heart was not beating a couple of moments ago. It's just something I started doing because this way I can save some energy and also make sure to not overdo it so this is really common for me. I get why they were surprised, even Nanami was when she first realized it.

I sat up straight and looked around me and also at my bare chest which I am pretty sure they were trying to revive. I looked at the medical team member and he was a guy. Don't tell me he gave me CPR. Ugh, I definitely don't swing that way and I don't want that at all. My blazer and shirt were unbuttoned. It was probably because they could not do it with such heavy clothing on me, either that or the guy swings that way.

"You are finally alive," said the blue haired girl.

"When did I die?"

"Your heart stopped idiot the moment I touched you, you weren't even breathing."

"That happened? I thought I was having a nice sleep."

I looked at her leg and my handkerchief was already there. I buttoned up my cloths but was surprised that no one said anything about my scars. Good thing they didn't notice them though it was kind of obvious.

"How did you get those scars?" said the girl.

Guess they did.

"I don't think it concerns you. First go and get your leg checked. What I did was a normal first aid so it still needs to be tend to."

Saying this I stood up and started walked away. I am sure that now the entire class will be sent home once they make sure that they were out of danger. I looked outside and saw that it was already around 1:00 PM. Just how long did I sleep? I made my way through the crowd at the gate and they let me through. I did not care looking at their faces because I was really hungry and my lunch was destroyed with my desk. On reaching home, I found the door already open.

I entered the mansion being on guard and the moment I saw Nanami, I calmed down but was sent at high alert because she had Ibarada's phone in her hand and was going through it. Well, I cannot do anything about it now.

"I am back," I said in my normal tone.

"Welcome back Da-i-chi~"

Now listen, not just in Nanami's case but any girl's. If they call your name like this just do one thing- Get in your stance, turn 180 degree and get the hell out of that place. Now back to the crisis in hand. I wanted to run but I know she will just find me even if I hid in the depths of the underworld. Never play hide and seek with her, you will lose without a doubt.

She held a knife in her hand and dashed towards me which was about to plunge me in the shoulder but instead of letting her, I twisted my body and dodged it. Reason being, I am a little not in the mood at the moment and also the cut on my face is not treated yet and I would enjoy it more if I move around more. Even if they are communicators, if they don't know how to fight, they have no place in the organization and so Nanami knows what she is doing.

"Stop right there and let me kill you," she said.

As soon as I heard the word kill, the switch in my head flipped. When this world is directed towards another person, it would instill fear in them but I get excited and so I counter them. Keeping that in mind, I dashed towards Nanami as she aimed the knife at my chest I moved and held the knife in place with my left hand. I could have held her hand but where is the fun in that?

The knife was really sharp and it tore some of my tissues as blood started tripping from my hand. Nanami tried pulling it out but I did not let go as the more painful it gets, the more I enjoy. True, it now cut even deeper but I don't really care. Due to the reason that I have been tortured and hurt so much, my body regenerates its cells faster than that of a normal human so it would heal in probably a day but it would leave a scar on my hand. I never tried doing it but I was a little curious so here we are.

With my right hand I held Nanami's neck and pushed her down on the ground. My eyes were full of craziness as I started increasing my grip on Nanami's neck. Her eyebrows twitched as I could feel that I had cut her oxygen supply completely but for some reason, I increased my strength further.

Suddenly I felt two arm on back as they pressed me down. The arms were of Nanami as she brought our faces closer. Our head touched and she embraced me. I soon let go of Nanami's neck. Not because I realized I was out of control or something but because it was no longer fun if this were to happen.

Nanami still did not let go of the hug and I just let her do what she was doing. She moved my face closer and brought our lips together. I felt a soft and warm sensation on my lips and another sensation moving around in my mouth. Believe it or not, this was my first time ever doing this. Not seeing any reason to stop her, I just went with the flow. Her hand was moving on my back as I was in control at the moment. She just let me do what I was doing and I did not stop. After some minutes, I let go of her as I could see a string of saliva being like a bridge between our mouths. Nanami smiled and licked her lips.

"So how was it? Your first kiss?" she asked.

"Nothing special. I just went with the flow. Though I am a little disappointed that it had to be you."

She pouted and looked at me.

"I know you liked it," she said.

"No, I think it was the other way round. It was an apology for what I just did to you and also I am sure you checked the phone."

"It's not like I liked it or anything. Hmph."

So she is putting the tsundere act up. I extended my right hand and flicked her on the head.

"Ouch, what was that for?" she said.

"Another reward."

I stood up and moved to my room and changed. I came out and Nanami found the packet of chips I hid for her. While sitting on the couch, she sat next to me munching down on the chips. I really did not want to talk about the things which happened un school or about Ibarada's phone at the moment so I decided to turn on the television and for some reason, the first thing that came up was the news channel.

Because god loves me so much and does not want me to live even a single peaceful moment. The incident which happened in my school was on the television. What more was that some amazing person even recorded the entire incident and posted it on social media? Luckily I was not in the video but still, what was the need of doing so.

Now this just awkward because I am just sitting bandaging my hand while being glared by the red head with fire in her eyes. I was sweating bullets at the moment because no matter how strong I am. I cannot beat an angry Nanami like this. Someone say that they will kill me or something like this. I have to get out of this situation.

"Da-i-chi-"

Ring ring ring

I looked at the phone which was ringing and the name on the call was Nanase-san. I quickly picked up the phone.

"Nanase-san, I love you," was the first thing that came out of my mouth.

"When did this happen? Anyway, I know it is sudden but you have another job tonight," she said.

"Who do I have to kill this time?"

"Actually, it's not killing but something you have never done before," she said in a worried voice. Something I have never done before? What will that be?

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's a guarding job. Someone contacted us and demanded you to be their bodyguard for a party they will be attending."

What? Me? A bodyguard? I didn't even know that the organization does things like these. Well, if I am told to do this then it shall be done. The information of the client was sent to me and as I saw the files, a smile appeared on my face.

"I will do it," I said.

"That was quick. The information about the mission is given in the files and try to get the job done without any problem."

"Oh it will be."

I cut the call and leaned back on the couch and took a chip from Nanami's bag and started eating it. This happened faster than I expected, I wonder what will happen after it. Well, I still have about six hours before today's job so I will just rest for now. Leaning more into the couch, I closed my eyes but quickly opened them up sensing a menacing aura coming from my right side. I slowly turned to look at the red haired demon glaring at me like crazy. There were three reasons this is happening- I ate her chip, I still have not said anything about the incident in school and also because I forgot to get her soda. Give me a break already.

"Stop getting angry and glaring at me. We have a different job today," I said trying to change the topic and it worked as her glare stopped. "It's a guarding mission."

"What? I didn't know that the organization did any other job other than assassinating," she said. Mission successful.

"I thought so too but looks like there is lot more to the organization than just what we see. We are just their pawns which can be sacrificed anyway," I said in nonchalantly. I never really cared if I am used as a pawn or a sacrifice.

This is a bit sudden but my past is kind of normal. I don't know who my parents were and I used to live in an orphanage. At the age of three, a kind man adopted me which I later realized was not what I thought. He took me and sent me to the training camps of the organization. It was hard, trust me, it really was but I was not bored. I soon realized that I enjoyed being in pain a lot. That was when I realized I was a masochist and when I turned seven, I was the worst in my group. I have never won a sparring match. Never, ever but that was just the tip of the tip of the iceberg called my true self.

When we turn seven, the incompetent ones start getting cut off and it was done by the competent one. How you may ask? We started having annual matches in which the students would fight each other but it was a death battle. Losing in this match meant your death by the hands of your opponent. Unless one of the two die, the match is not stopped at all. I, have never won a sparring match but I have never lost an annual match. In fact, I was always the fastest to kill my opponent and win.

This fact was what caught the attention of the instructors. The reason I lost a sparring match was that they stop you if your opponent is about to die and the amount of pain your body feels is immeasurable. The best thing in the world!

Those scars on my body were not only from the job but also from the training camps. The only big scar I got from a job was the one on my face. Ahh, the good old days.

So the thing is I don't really care what happens to me. Give me what I want, I am happy and catch me and beat me up or torture me, I am still happy. I do remember once I scared the person torturing me to get information out of me because I asked for more and more and more but she was not cut to be able to give me the torture I want. I felt pain so much in the training that now the torture methods they use on me are boring. That is my only goal in life, to feel the torture which can fully satisfy me.

I decided to do whatever I wanted for the time being and as time passed, the time for job came closer and closer. So now I was changing into my cloths and I ran into a very big problem.

"Nanami! I am so confused," I shouted as she ran inside seeing my hands, her face dropped. "I can't decide which mask to wear for this job. Should I wear the demon one or the rabbit one?"

"Daichi, no need for a mask in this mission. Your identity will not be leaked no matter what. You can leave that to me so don't wear a mask for this one," she said patting my shoulder. I looked back at my collection of masks sighing and nodding my head.

I put the cream on to cover my scar and fixed my suit and checked my shoes. I went over to my bed and picked up my magnum pistol and put it in my back along with spare mags. I went to the garage and since I could not use my bike this time, looks like I have to use a car. I already have my driving license made by the organization so I do not run into any problem with the police. With a little make over, I looked as if I was in my mid-twenties. Nanami did a good job.

I sat in the driver seat of the car and put the earpieces where it was supposed to be. As soon as it was turn on, some rock song was blasted in my ear really loud.

"Idiot, atleast don't play songs so loud in my ear. What if I go deaf and could never understand what you say?" I said.

"Then I will ask Yoshiko to get my words through to you. You know sign language, right?" But then do I have to take her to missions too?

I sighed and got the designated place load in the navigation system. The gate opened as I drove the car outside the house and was now on the streets. The last line sounds like I am broke. It would take me thirty minutes to get there. Since it was not an assassination, I did not need to reach there too soon as I used to. Some weapons were lying in the back of the car for emergency situation.

I first have to go and meet my client and then follow her from there on out. The place I had to go right now was a hotel in the heart of the prefecture. I drove through the city roads and stopped in front of a luxurious looking five star hotel. I parked my car outside and entered the hotel. At the reception, my client was standing there in a long red color one piece dress.

"You are finally here. Do have any idea how long I have been dying to meet you? It is really rude to make a young maiden like me to wait," she said in the same voice. I was honestly impressed by this.

"I am humbly sorry Miss Ibarada Alice," I said bowing down to which she chuckled and closed the distance between us.

"Well then let's go my sweet little Daichi? I paid a good amount of money to get you to become my body guard," she said in her alluring voice.

"Sure ma'am," I said and she latched onto my hand and whispered in my ear.

"Hearing you call me that makes me feel like we are strangers so just call me by my name. You can call me ma'am later~"

Yes, she is Ibarada Alice, the person who was only a lump of meat in my basement who I incinerated. Then how is she here? Simple. The person I killed was not actually Ibarada Alice but someone else who took up her identity and trying to assassinate me. As I got information out of her, I got an idea of the bigger picture little by little. The last words she said to me before I chain sawed her were, "You will meet her soon." She was a strong girl. Such a pity, I could have had two of them at the same time. All for me.

Seeing that person in front of me was a lot different than I expected. I thought she would have done something like enroll into my school or bump into me on the streets like normal but she literally got me here to be her body guard and let me tell you hiring a particular assassin is not cheap at all. I followed Alice to my car and because I was a bodyguard, I went over and opened the door for her.

"Oh my, how nice of you," she said. I closed the door as she entered and I went over and sat at the driver seat. At this point, I was asked to turn off my com with Nanami and only turn it on when there was a need to. That was one of the requests meaning she knows a lot about me and how the organization works while I don't know anything about her except that she might be the perfect person who can torture me every day if the way that Ibarada Alice acted was in the same way as this one. If she is then heaven is waiting for me. I don't care if I get accused for kidnapping a client.

Keeping those thoughts aside, I looked over to Alice who had already found the place I had hidden weapons in the car and she was holding a Glock in her hand which I kept as a reserve secondary firearm.

"Looks like you have been ready for any emergency situation," she said amused taking the magazine out inspect it and reloading it in the pistol. "Though I can say that there won't be need for any weapons for what is going to happen."

"Where to then?" I asked her.

"Royal Palace," she said and I understood what she meant. There were many places here to hold a nice party but the most renowned place of all was the Royal palace. It was built about twenty years ago and has a very tight security along with eight fire escapes and four other escapes or more like door to enter and exit the building.

I drove the car to the destination while I felt a hand placed on my shoulder going down my arm and caressing it. I don't know what it was but everything about this woman was so appealing that if a boy loses even the slightest of his composure, even if he is a "gentleman" he would not think twice before jumping on her. Luckily, I was still composed as ever.

"Hey Daichi, aren't you going to ask why I sent an assassin after you who looked and sounded exactly like me?" she said which peaked my interest. I did want to ask her that but decided to ask her later.

"I was about to ask you later but since you started this topic let's get another thing clear. The sniper who attacked me in the school was also sent by you?" I said calmly but jokingly.

"Looks like I got caught," she said. Wait, I just said that one jokingly. She was actually the one who sent that assassin? I had my doubts but I never thought that it would actually be her. Now this raises the question, why did she do this?

"Well I just did it because I wanted to test your skills a little before what I will be doing later with you," she said reading my mind. Is this what you call a woman's intuitions? Scary.

We finally reached the destination. I parked the car, got out and opened the door for Alice. She took my hand as she exited the car. I closed the car door and turned around looking at the humongous building. It is very easy to be killed here if not for the reasons that most of the window glass are bullet proof. I accompanied Alice and we entered the building. The guard was about to do a pat down but Alice showed her a card and they just let us go. Makes things easy for me. It would be really troublesome if they find the pistol I have with me.

We entered the elevator and I was about to press the floor of the banquet but I was stopped as Alice pressed another button for some reason. I decided to wait and see what was going on.

The elevator kept going up really high and the hall where we were supposed to be in was already few floors below us and we had entered the residential area or what they call these floors. They are the floors at the top of the this place and rooms here, like hotel rooms, can be booked on these floors though calling them a room would be an understatement as they are big enough to be called an apartment. We finally stopped at the highest floor which only had five rooms in total that you can book and they are the most expensive of all the other rooms.

I followed Alice to one room as she placed her hand on the door lock as it unlocked. It did work on a hand scanner so that does make sense. The moment I entered the room, for a second I turned into a little child as this place was amazing. You can almost smell the money radiating from this place. A king sized water bed, an expensive smart television, a gaming computer for some reason, swimming pool along with a side bar and many more things.

"Did you like this dear?" I heard Alice's voice saying to me. I looked at her standing before me with the moonlight illuminating behind her almost making her look like the moon princess.

"So why am I even here in the first place? I think we were supposed to be in the party a few floors below," I said anxiously because I had some ideas in my head but they were all as likely as the other so I am not able to short list them.

She started walking towards me and as we were just face to face with each other, she leaned forward and placed both of her hands on my neck and whispered in my ear,

"Because I wanted you to."

I immediately understood what was going on so I placed my hands on her shoulders as she pressed herself even more on my body. With all my force, I pushed her away as I got grazed on my right cheek and it started bleeding. I looked at her as there was a small knife in her hand which she hid in my collar when she latched onto my shoulder but I did not say anything that time.

She rushed at me aiming for my neck as I leaned back dodging her in the nick of time. Kicking off the ground using the torque I got in that motion, I tried disarming her by kicking her hand as I did a back flip but she predicted it and jumped back in defense. Regaining her stance, she then attacked me once again aiming for my neck once again as she tired slashing it but I knew that it was a fake and I blocked her jab which came quickly after and tightly held her hand. She jumped trying to kick me on the head as I leaned back while still holding her hand.

She made a grave mistake doing this move as now her hand was twisted so I twisted it further pushing her down on the ground. I expected her to grunt in pain but something unexpected happened.

"Hahahahahahaha," she started laughing in joy. "You really are just like how it was told to me by that old lady," she said and I further twisted her hand.

"Which lady?" I asked her coldly.

"The one who is going to call you," she said and at the moment, my phone rang. While keeping Alice in that position, I reached for my phone and saw a familiar phone number. Now I get what was going on.

"You really like playing tricks on me Nanase-san," I said as soon as I picked up the phone and I only heard a chuckle from the other side.